I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have these realistic dreams and snap wide awake in the middle of the night. And for a while I can't work… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me an example?" "Hmm, let's see ... you send the music deep… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And, well, mine are kind of on the heavy side anyway. The first day or two, I don't want to do ANYTHING.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I… — 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
