The book is your book. You have been responsible for every single thing on every page, every comma, every syllable is your work.
More Quotes from Paul Auster:
I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went.Paul Auster
I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.
Paul Auster
You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
Paul Auster
I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films.
Paul Auster
There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.
Paul Auster
If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.
Paul Auster
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books Quotes, Work & Career QuotesBased on Keywords: comma, syllable
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Nahum Tate
Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.
Brad Bird
No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States.
Henry Villard