This is a quote by Paul Auster who wrote the screenplay for "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face". As much as I enjoyed both movies, I'm enjoying Paul Austen's books so much more because, oh boy, can he tell a story! And I've only just started because there are so many of them:
And these are just the ones available for online reading at archive.org!
"Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head." This is a quote by Paul Auster, and how I can relate to it! And here's another one: "When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists." And this one really hit the mark: "It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not."
Since I don't like online reading and need the tactile sensation of the actual book in my hand to really enjoy what I'm reading, my current reading-shelf is filling up with books by Paul Auster. If it gets too full and comes crashing down on me, I've only got my shelf to blame!
