Paul Auster Quotes

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out.

I see something, find it marvelous, want to try and do it. Whether it fails or whether it comes off in the end becomes secondary. . . . So long as I've learned something about why.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

I like to discover new things.

When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new.

I began to do this thing I do of giving myself a class every day, and trying to experiment and push further. I don't mean to say I knew everything, because I didn't, but I would do what I knew and then push beyond that and see what else I could find.

I don't have any particular recipe. It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck, you might find a way out.

I've always liked discovering things.

I like to keep experimenting - singing, dancing, acting. I want to learn an instrument, dive. I want to do everything. I will keep pushing myself into as many things as I can.

Every moment of searching is a moment of encounter.

Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.

There's no point sitting here, using words that mean nothing. Go and experiment. It's time you got out of here. Go and re-conquer your kingdom, which has grown corrupted by routine. Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way.

You'll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

I discover what my film is by embarking on the journey of making it.

My only job has been to say that you have to, try different things and let yourself become a different person, have experiences.

Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered.