what you do. you say you are compelled to do it can he can t imagine not doing it, but you also describe how weird it is to make a decision to be a writer, to rather than go out into the world and live your life and experience in an outward sort of way, you turn inward. you go down to my literally come into your basement come into your writing study, and everything that they can you put yourself in there and check yourself away from it all. ., ., , all. but i have no regrets about that. all. but i have no regrets about that. really? - all. but i have no regrets. about that. really? know, all. but i have no regrets i about that. really? know, i thinkthat about that. really? know, i thinkthat | about that. really? know, i think that i was about that. really? know, i think that i was made - about that. really? know, i think that i was made to - about that. really? know, i think that i was made to do| think that i was made to do this, and i need to do it. and i don t feel that it
make art out of that. find think about the world and to make art out of that.- make art out of that. and to value beauty. make art out of that. and to value beauty. exactly, - make art out of that. and to value beauty. exactly, but l make art out of that. and to value beauty. exactly, but it doesnt value beauty. exactly, but it doesn t have value beauty. exactly, but it doesn t have any value beauty. exactly, but it doesn t have any concrete . doesn t have any concrete purpose in life. in a way that all these practical occupations do. teaching writing, and the other hand, is something i don t really think one can do. i think it s very important for young writers to have guidance, and that is something different, but these are people who are already committed to trying to become writers, and they want help about, say, how, why doesn t the story that i ve written work? why is this: not succeeding? and then us and all the writer can say, all right, let s look at it and figure out w
world where actually words are mostly used on their smartphone, are mostly used in bite size chunks and social media bite-size chunks and social medi. , ., ., , bite-size chunks and social medi. ., , ., , media platforms, and i m ust wondering media platforms, and i m ust wondering whether i media platforms, and i m ust wondering whether paul h media platforms, and i mjustl wondering whether paul auster in 2021 worries that the next generation are the generation after that of people who have real creative gifts are not going to engage with, as you have just written, 800 going to engage with, as you havejust written, 800 page book. have just written, 800 page book. ., , have just written, 800 page book. . , ., ., book. that s ok. there are all kinds of arts, book. that s ok. there are all kinds of arts, and book. that s ok. there are all kinds of arts, and they - book. that s ok. there are all kinds of arts, and they are - book. that s ok. there are all kinds of arts, and
people read the book or a 10,000 people read the book or 10,000,000 people read the book, it doesn t matter. the person reading it is alone with the writer, and the two of you, the writer, and the two of you, the writer, and the two of you, the writer in the reader are reading the book together, and every reader reads at different bucks, and this is what is so beautiful about it. we all bring our own lives, our own sufferings, our past to what ever we encounter in the world, and never more so than when we are encountering arts and particularly letter which requires time. i can look at the paintings on the wall and see what it s there, but if i pick up a 750 page book, no, i can t take it all in at once, i have to give it time, and that time is the beautiful thing about it. ., a time is the beautiful thing about it. ., , ., time is the beautiful thing about it. . , ., . about it. let me ask you a somewhat about it. let me ask you a somewhat different - about it. let me ask you a . som
you can see it here showing up on that pressure chart. it will be very wet across northern ireland, parts of scotland, western england and wales to start this morning. quite quickly, though, it will brighten up across northern ireland with sunshine and showers. but this band of rain will continue its journey eastwards through the day, eventually crossing most of england. we ll see some snow over the pennines as well. there could be a bit of a hang back of the rain for east anglia and the far southeast. otherwise, it brightens up for many of us with some good spells of sunshine. most of the showers will be in the north and the west, some of these heavy and frequent, and there will be some wintriness over the high ground. a cold day to come could see nine or ten celsius in the far southwest. it stays breezy with blustery showers, wintry on the hills through monday night. and then it turns a little bit drier, but clear and cold for many of us. and then in the southwest, we start to see