Paul Auster Quotes
There are often references to childhood, but they're rarely the focus of the [my] novels.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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I think that what happens for many Christians is, they accept their particular faith, they accept it to be true, and they stop examining it. Consequently, because it's already accepted to be true, they don't examine other people's faiths... That, I think, is not healthy for a person of any faith.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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Being a visionary is a new profession, but it is really just a variant on fortunetelling, which may be the world's oldest. And its marketing appeal is similar - people will pay for reassurance about the unknown.
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My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.
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I don't feel that I was often compartmentalized as an African-American actor, yet I am fully aware of the plight that actors, directors and producers of color face in our industry. I choose to focus on being proactive in creating opportunities for myself and others while acknowledging that we are not playing on a level playing field.
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I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.
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There are often references to childhood, but they're rarely the focus of the [my] novels.
