me, so, you know, that s my inspiration. just keep pushing and we are still exploring those boundaries. you could be anybody from anywhere and you pick up one of these and low cost of entry, outside your front door, these and low cost of entry, outside yourfront door, hopefully these and low cost of entry, outside your front door, hopefully everyone will have a skate park down the road, and you can become a skateboarder and these days, potentially become an olympic skateboarder. sitting watching the olympics in tokyo this year, ijust kind of realised that it would be an honour and kind of a very neat way to finish my career. i can t say that i dreams of being an olympic skateboarder because when i dream of being a pro skateboarder at the olympics wasn t in the equation. but now that it is, and watching some of my peers compete at that level on that world stage, i was like, that
thank you. it is a pleasure to be in your home, your writing study is just below us, the floor below. just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside yourfront door? does it affect your writing? well, it depends on what you mean. if there s a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see what s going on. but if there s a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, i m not going to read about it while i m doing my work for the day. but i certainly will inform myself about it later. you talk of distant wars. i m thinking of wars much closer to home. you write a lot about your take on american politics. you ve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. you ve talked about a country at war with itself.
paul auster, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a pleasure to be in your home, your writing study is just below us, the floor below. just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside yourfront door? does it affect your writing? well, it depends on what you mean. if there s a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see what s going on. but if there s a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, i m not going to read about it while i m doing my work for the day. but i certainly will inform myself about it later. you talk of distant wars. i m thinking of wars much closer to home. you write a lot about your take on american politics. you ve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. you ve talked about a country
culture is riven with division? well, my guest today is the great american novelist, new york resident, paul auster. if america is experiencing a culture war, is he ready to fight? paul auster, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a pleasure to be in your home, your writing study is just below us, the floor below. just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside yourfront door? does it affect your writing? well, it depends on what you mean. if there is a fire engine
paul auster, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a pleasure to be in your home, your writing study is just below us, the floor below. just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside yourfront door? does it affect your writing? well, it depends on what you mean. if there s a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see what s going on. but if there s a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, i m not going to read about it while i m doing my work for the day. but i certainly will inform myself about it later. you talk of distant wars. i m thinking of wars much closer to home. you write a lot about your take on american politics. you ve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. you ve talked about a country