Just the fact that Hilary Clinton won the popular vote by such a large number gives some validation to the impulse to stand firm. If we don't, I think within a year administration is pretty much going to dismantle American society as we've known it. I'm not sure that we're able to stop it from happening, but I don't think people should just roll over and passively watch it happen.
Paul AusterEach book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it.
Paul AusterChance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.
Paul AusterI believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.
Paul Auster