Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I can't understand nothingness. I can't understand it and I can't imagine it. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a… — 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
For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Perhaps I'm just too painstaking a type of person, but I can't grasp much of anything without putting down my thoughts in… — 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
Running taught me to have faith in my skills as a writer. I learned how much I can demand of myself, when… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's… — 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
