We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread.

Quote by Paul Auster

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It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest...

I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest...

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too....

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too....

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...