“It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job...” — Paul Auster Quote

“It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me.”

“I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.”

“I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.”

“Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.”

“I have deliberately arranged my life so that I see pictures of cute animals on the Internet every day.”

“I don't think I will go for an arranged marriage, but I am not against arranged marriages.”