And I'm a Hailsham student - which is enough by itself sometimes to get people's backs up. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
When a man induces his wife to turn suspicious thoughts against her own father, then that is surely cause enough for resentment. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
When you're lucky enough to have a good film made of your novel - and 'Never Let Me Go' is, believe me,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I took one glance at her in that hospital bed under the dull light and recognised the look on her face, which… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
The reason I wouldn't dare to write a Western is simply because that seems to be so much a part of American… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“About him and his wife voting for different parties. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable.” “No doubt.” “Quite extraordinary the things… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“Silence is just as likely to indicate the most profound ideas forming, the deepest energies being summoned.” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“I don't know why, but it didn't seem an option for more than one of us to storm off, and I wanted to make… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“For however one may come in later years to reassess one’s achievements, it is always a consolation to know that one’s life has contained… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By the very nature of a witticism,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
My wife is the most savage critic. She doesn't feel intimidated by my reputation. As far as she's concerned, she's just criticising a boyfriend… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
