"HAPPY ACCIDENTS" AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL AUSTER

"A novelist, poet, critic, and editor, [Paul] Auster's relationship with cinema comes from his apprentice years, when he wrote film reviews and even scripts for silent films, like the 'written films' described in his 2002 novel The Book of Illusions. His short story 'Auggie Wren's Christmas Story' led to his films with Wayne Wang (Smoke and Blue in the Face, 1995), which gave him the experience to direct on his own Lulu on the Bridge (1998) and the recent The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)." (Literature/Film Quarterly) In this interview, Auster discusses the importance of literature and film in his life.