Paul Auster Quotes

Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?

I'm not really gadget oriented. I'm not into technology or computers. I'm not good at interfacing with that sort of gear.

I don't think much about the digital world... because I am in the analog world!

My e-mail address is actually my wife's e-mail address. I actually hate computers.

I don't like technology and all that. I'm a farm boy. I would rather live in that time when you had to provide for your family. I don't know. I'm a country kid, so I don't like modern technology.

We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at a keyboard, firing off zeros and ones into the ether. Offices are silent.

I don't keep a mobile, I am not computer savvy; I am not on any website. I live like a cave man.

I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me.

I'm not on Twitter or any of that rubbish. I'm an old man.

Maybe I'm a bit of a Luddite.

I'm a total Luddite when it comes to gadgets and technology.

I'm a total luddite when it comes to technology. Pretending I know how to use a computer is a challenge.

Nothing is worse than the person in their 40s who says, 'I'm not going to learn this.' 'I don't carry an iPad.' That will label you and put you right in the corner. Some people do it as a badge of honor. I've seen them myself, they walk around bragging [about not knowing much about technology].

I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.

I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.

The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don't need nobody else.

A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.

I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the Internet, I ask my secretary or students. I am lucky, because I have people who do it for me.

I'm not even worried about the Internet; that ain't even my thing. I'm not even an Internet guy. You rarely even see me into that.

I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn't even use a computer.

I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.

I don't see myself as a Luddite.

I don't know much about technology anymore.

I'm really rubbish with technology; I'm super backward! I think I got a mobile phone last out of all my friends. I really worried about people being able to get hold of me at any time - I really hated that idea.

I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.