Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Don’t you see? It’s just not possible for one person to watch over another person forever and ever. I mean, suppose we… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Let the world move along as it pleased. If it had any business with him, it would be sure to tell him. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Running a service-oriented business means you have to accept whoever comes through the door. No matter who comes in, unless they're really… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“[One other thing I learned from working in a company was that] the majority of people in the world have no problem… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Perhaps normal imperfect human beings simply preferred the company of other normal imperfect human beings.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction, that memory… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without water. Why,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Eleven o'clock had come and gone. I had to find a way to bring this conversation to a successful conclusion and get out of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
![“[One other thing I learned from working in a company was that] the majority of people in the world have no problem following orders. They're actually happy to be told what to do. They might complain, but that's not how they really feel. They just grumble out of habit. If you told them to think of…” quote by Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e29/haruki-murakami-21_business_one-other-thing-i-learned-from-working-i_2685792.jpg)
