Paul Auster Quotes
To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.
Quotes to Explore
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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Rauner needs to tell Illinoisans what essential health benefits he intends to keep covering in Illinois.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
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The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.
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I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a CD.
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To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.
