Paul Auster Quotes

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful life that men are differentiated into full individuality.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

If you've never been 40, you don't understand how it feels.

We're both getting older, our children are starting to leave home. But I can say that I'm just as passionate a songwriter now in my 50s as I was in my 20s. But instead of talking about the general kind of angst that I felt as a teenager, I'm writing about more specific issues.

I love getting older!

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

I'm aging, and the world is seeing it.

Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.

I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.

You amaze me. You're 229 years old and that's what you think is funny.

Heavens, Mary, of course we'll laugh again. It's just that we'll never be young again.

I was 22, and 40 was old. To be 40 again!

Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

I can barely remember what I was like 36 years ago when I was 21 years old.

Everybody's constantly growing. In your twenties, you can learn a lot, and you can be very smart and clever and savvy. Especially these kids today. They seem like they have it all together. But let's talk to them again when they're 40 years old and see really who they are. Is it who they thought they were at 25?

As I get older, my emotions are closer to the surface.

I think my perspective on my age is really irrelevant.

I've told everyone that I grew old on 'Hee Haw,' but I could've grown old without it.

I do have to say, there is this incredible benefit to being older. I never thought I'd say that. I've figured out that show business isn't the end-all. I thought I'd never be tired of Hollywood, of the experience, and I have to say there's some relief. As you get older, your taste changes.

The feelings we all have as 50-year-olds are different than the feelings we all have as 30-year-olds. That informs everything we do.