Ocupation: Author
Life: b. February 3, 1947
Birthday: February 3
Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
source: Paul Auster (2011). “Collected Prose”, p.247, Faber & Faber
topic: Careers, Doctors, Long, Becoming A Doctor