Paul Auster Quotes
Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.

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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
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Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
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I've seen the needle and the damage done.A little part of it in everyone.But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
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A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.
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We've never been to Israel. I'd like to play in Israel.
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Money has to be put in the way a club feels it should. If you put money in a new ballpark, that helps to generate revenue so you can spend more money. It should be spent to make the club's operations the best. That will help in the end, and it will mean enhanced payroll.
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Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.