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“I feel now, in my impending old age, very lucky. I just can't tell you how lucky I feel, that I've managed to first of all, stay alive this long, in reasonably good health, and that I've been able to do what I want to do.”

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Paul Auster

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

“This is very rare for anyone in life to pursue something and that thing being the thing you actually most want to do. It's all about the inner, rather than the outer. Whether people like or don't like my work, read it or don't read it, it's just been a gift from the gods that I've been able to sit at my desk for the last almost 50 years and do the things I've wanted to do.”

People Want Years Able Wanted Lasts Pursue Desks

Author:Paul Auster

“I've been very lucky in this second marriage. It's just luck. It's absolute luck. And I can only marvel at it. So many other things could have happened that didn't, so overall I feel blessed.”

Feels I Can Happened Lucky Absolutes Blessed Luck Second Marriage

Author:Paul Auster

“It's always a mystery to me, I have to confess. I've never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there's nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there.”

Ifs Ideas Seems Able Next Mystery Birth Witness

Author:Paul Auster

“I think that sense of unreality inspired me to write the story within the book that [August] Brill tells himself, one of the stories he tells himself.”

Thinking Writing Book Stories Inspired August Unreality

Author:Paul Auster