Paul Auster Quotes
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.

Quotes to Explore
-
I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
-
It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
-
I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
-
Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
-
There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
-
For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
-
I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
-
Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
-
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
-
I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
-
Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
-
I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to be faithful to that person without anything on your body to show that you are with someone.
-
By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it.
-
I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're dancing with your friends, I can't do that. I'm not a freestyler. It just doesn't come naturally to me. Clapping is my go-to dance.
-
A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not.
-
I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
-
In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are.
-
Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
-
Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.
-
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.