You don’t get it, do you?" I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some people get a kick out of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Now and then may not be enough…You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. enjoy it to the fullest. You can… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you? — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think… — 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
