728 Quotes by Paul Auster

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

Some people are great, and they approach each work with honesty, and that's wonderful. But when people have built up a sort of resentment or animosity for reasons that are hard to put your finger on, they read in bad faith.

When young people say I want to be a novelist, I'd say, think very carefully about it. There will be very few rewards, you probably won't make any money, you probably won't become famous, and you will spend your whole life locked up in a room by yourself worrying about how to survive.

The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.

When I'm writing, I don't feel neurotic. So it's better for the family if I'm working.

People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you're going to see just about all that you can handle.

Every historical moment needs the stories to be told about it.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.