The biggest book for me, when I was fifteen, was Crime and Punishment, which I read in a kind of fever. When I put it down, I thought, if this is what novels are then I want to be a novelist.
Paul AusterFor some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
Paul AusterThere are often references to childhood, but they're rarely the focus of the [my] novels.
Paul AusterI think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.
Paul Auster