Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when heโs there, heโs not really there.
Paul AusterWhat I'm trying to do [in Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man's life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions.
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 Auster