Paul Auster Quotes
I never feel I'm standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear.
Quotes to Explore
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
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Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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Things just kind of stick with me, and writing, for me, is always an investigation into my own feelings about them. I wonder why things stick to me, and I try to synthesize those into a dramatic experience in some ways.
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I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.
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I try not to read the blogs or what people say about me. Because that's what brings everybody down – no matter what you do, you're always going to have haters.
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People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be.
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I never feel I'm standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear.
