What did Paul Auster mean by: To leave the world a little better than you found it. That’s the best a man can ever do. - Paul Auster Writer · USA Copy
+ The kind of fiction I’m trying to write is about telling the truth. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Fiction, Writing, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ I never would have thought of that word, “hospitality.” I settle into the rhythm of my steps. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Hospitality, Settling, Steps, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ [Lev] Tolstoy is not a boy-writer. He’s a grown-up. And [Fedor] Doestoeivski is not a boy-writer. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Boys, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It’s a physical experience. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Quality, Writing, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ Most people are participating in the grand adventure of living with one another. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Adventure, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ Holes in the memory. You grab on to some things, others have completely disappeared. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Holes, Memories, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Ready, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
+ I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paul Auster, Curious, 0 - Paul Auster Writer · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
