Just Let It Happen

The more I write, the more it seems to me that an idea becomes more powerful almost to the extent that I don’t understand it. When I start writing a book, it’s because I feel forced into a corner. I’m haunted by certain images or ideas or a kind of story, and I have to do it. When I was younger I would analyze my motives much more carefully. As I get older I don’t do that anymore. I just let it happen.

PAUL AUSTER