“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
She might be a great person, but life's so much bigger than just loving someone. — 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
“It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“It might be just some trend that came and went," I said. "But for us, it’s our life.” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“Then Tommy said: “So there's definitely nothing. No deferral, nothing like that.” “Tommy,” I murmured, and glared at him. But Miss Emily… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“That's most interesting. But I was no more a mind-reader then than today. I was weeping for an altogether different reason. When… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of… — 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
“But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate occasions - when you think… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“It was cowardice, Mr Stevens. Simple cowardice. Where could I have gone? I have no family. Only my aunt. I love her… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“She thinks I've let myself down,' he was saying. 'But I haven't. I'm doing perfectly okay. Endless horizons are all very well… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if… — 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 Image
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Silence is just as likely to indicate the most profound ideas forming, the deepest energies being summoned.” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 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, the broken… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
