Home / Quotes / Quote by Paul Auster

Quote by Paul Auster

“Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.”

Quote by Paul Auster

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Work

Conversations with Paul Auster

This book offers a candid and insightful look into the mind of Paul Auster, delving into his writing process, inspirations, and personal reflections. more

Author

Paul Auster is an American author known for his unique narrative style and philosophical reflections. His works often explore themes of identity, memory, and reality, and have won him a wide audience. more

You May Also Like

“Often it's true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.”

Ifs Thinking Book Might Film Loses Acceptable Great Film

Author:Paul Auster

“Having made films, I know very well that the scope of the average 90- to 120-minute movie is about the same narrative heft as a long short story or a novella.”

Knows Wells Long Made Stories Film Minutes Average Narrative Short Story Scope

Author:Paul Auster

“The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than skimming the surface.”

Thinking Stories Surface Filmmaker Framework Best Film Skimming

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Source: Conversations with Paul Auster

“When I think of Tokyo Story, yeah, it is like a novella. That doesn't mean it's not great. Some of my favorite Tolstoy works are his novellas.”

Thinking Mean Stories Yeah My Favorite Tokyo

Author:Paul Auster

“Everyone reads a different book. That's what's interesting. Everyone sees a different film, as well. We bring our past lives to whatever work of art we're experiencing at that moment, and that's what makes it interesting. It's not mathematics. There are different answers for different people.”

People Wells Art Book Different Moments Past Film Answers Interesting Mathematics That Moment Works Of Art Our Past Different Peoples Past Life Whatever Works Different Books

Author:Paul Auster

“I think the act of talking about something - with a friend, or someone in your family, or someone you care about, and you're discussing something that you both admire - can often sharpen your thoughts about what you've read or seen and help you think more clearly about it.”

Thinking Helping Care Talking Admire Our Family Discussing

Author:Paul Auster

“I don't like talking about my work at all. I find it very difficult. I never know what to say. It's too close to me, and there's so many things happening unconsciously while I'm working that I'm not aware of, and people will point these things out to me, and I'll say, "That's interesting." But I don't know what to make of it.”

People Knows Difficult Interesting Talking Happenings Things Happen

Author:Paul Auster

“I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.”

Thinking Character My Own Novel Projects My Own Life

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Source: Conversations with Paul Auster

“Medical care for the entire country seems to me a basic right. If every other country in the West can do it, why can't we?”

Ifs Country Seems Care Can Do West Medical Other Countries Medical Care

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Source: Conversations with Paul Auster

“I can remember saying again and again and again, "A terrible thing has happened, but this should be a kind of wake-up call for our country, and we have a great opportunity now to reinvent ourselves. To rethink our position about oil and energy, to rethink our relationship with other cultures and other countries, and why other people want to attack us."”