There are certain phrases in books of mine, and I don't know where they came from, or how I was capable of thinking up these formulations. It's only in the heat of composition that these things occur to you.
Paul AusterWriting 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 AusterStories happen only to those who are able to tell them, someone once said. In the same way, perhaps, experiences present themselves only to those who are able to have them.
Paul Auster