728 Quotes by Paul Auster

Life is deeply tragic and also very comic at the same time. It’s everything at once.

I don’t think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am.

I never would have thought of that word, “hospitality.” I settle into the rhythm of my steps.

I stood up from my seat and made my way for the exit downstairs. Outside, the early evening assaulted me with light, surrounded me with sudden warmth. This is what I deserve, I said to myself. I’ve made my nothing, and now I’ve got to live in it.

In Invisible there’s a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister.

People who don’t like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that’s how life is.

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can’t describe how deeply I love them all.

Existence was bigger than just life. It was everyone’s life all together, and even if you lived in Buffalo, New York and had never been more than ten miles from home, you were part of the puzzle, too. It didn’t matter how small your life was.

If you look into someone’s face long enough, eventually you’re going to feel that you’re looking at yourself.