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Every man is the author of his own life.
Paul Auster
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Paul Auster
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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Everyone reads a different book. That's what's interesting. Everyone sees a different film, as well. We bring our past lives to whatever work of art we're experiencing at that moment, and that's what makes it interesting. It's not mathematics. There are different answers for different people.
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I like the sound a typewriter makes.
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Reason and memory are nearly always at odds.
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I use things, I steal things from my life when I want to, when I need to, or when it seems appropriate. But most of the stuff in my novels is entirely invented, ninety-five percent. And even when I do borrow something, it becomes fictionalized.
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