--- title: "15 Might Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro" description: "15 Might quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Plus more from Kazuo Ishiguro and more Might sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_happened_don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-ha_2608004.jpg" --- > [Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-have-happened-if-you-tried/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_happened_don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-ha_2608004.jpg) > [She might be a great person, but life's so much bigger than just loving someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-so-much-bigger-than-just/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_bigger_she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-s_245879.jpg) > [There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have-had-but-i-am-having-this-one/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_another-life_there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have_1247724.jpg) > [I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-think-it-s-quite-difficult-to-understand-what-kind-of-life-a-writer/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_difficult_i-think-it-s-quite-difficult-to-understa_107327.jpg) > [After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/after-all-what-can-we-ever-gain-in-forever-looking-back-and-blaming/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_blame_after-all-what-can-we-ever-gain-in-forev_2357261.jpg) > [I don't have a deep link with England like, say, Jonathan Coe or Hanif Kureishi might demonstrate. For me, it is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-don-t-have-a-deep-link-with-england-like-say-jonathan-coe-or-hanif/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_england_i-don-t-have-a-deep-link-with-england-li_898218.jpg) > [I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-have-the-feeling-of-this-completely-alternative-person-i-should/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_alternatives_i-have-the-feeling-of-this-completely-al_2489847.jpg) > [I can see,’ Miss Emily said, ‘that it might look as though you were simply pawns in a game. It can certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-can-see-miss-emily-said-that-it-might-look-as-though-you-were/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_accepting_i-can-see-miss-emily-said-that-it-might_1024547.jpg) > [And what made these heart-to-hearts possible--you might even say what made the whole friendship possible during that time--was this understanding we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/and-what-made-these-heart-to-hearts-possible-you-might-even-say-what/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_careful_and-what-made-these-heart-to-hearts-poss_2015507.jpg) > [I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-do-not-think-i-responded-immediately-for-it-took-me-a-moment-or-two/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_appreciate_i-do-not-think-i-responded-immediately-f_604270.jpg) > [Everything might scatter. You might be right. I suppose it's something we can't easily get away from. People need to feel they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/everything-might-scatter-you-might-be-right-i-suppose-it-s-something/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_civilisation_everything-might-scatter-you-might-be-ri_1285119.jpg) > [For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/for-a-great-many-people-the-evening-is-the-most-enjoyable-part-of-the/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_advice_for-a-great-many-people-the-evening-is-t_1396309.jpg) > [You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/you-could-say-i-d-rewritten-the-same-novel-three-times-and-i-thought/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_america_you-could-say-i-d-rewritten-the-same-nov_1445790.jpg) > [Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Because somewhere underneath,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/because-maybe-in-a-way-we-didn-t-leave-it-behind-nearly-as-much-as-we/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_behinds_because-maybe-in-a-way-we-didn-t-leave-i_2325670.jpg) > [I quizzed him a lot on this point and i suspect the truth was that it was like a lot of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-quizzed-him-a-lot-on-this-point-and-i-suspect-the-truth-was-that-it/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_age_i-quizzed-him-a-lot-on-this-point-and-i_2043348.jpg) ## Other authors on Might ## More by Kazuo Ishiguro > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/the-evening-s-the-best-part-of-the-day-you-ve-done-your-day-s-work/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/as-a-writer-i-m-more-interested-in-what-people-tell-themselves/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“About him and his wife voting for different parties. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable.” “No doubt.” “Quite extraordinary the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/about-him-and-his-wife-voting-for-different-parties-a-few-years-ago/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/but-what-is-the-sense-in-forever-speculating-what-might-have-happened/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“Silence is just as likely to indicate the most profound ideas forming, the deepest energies being summoned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/silence-is-just-as-likely-to-indicate-the-most-profound-ideas-forming/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-don-t-know-why-but-it-didn-t-seem-an-option-for-more-than-one-of-us/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/our-family-arrived-in-england-in-1960-at-that-time-i-thought-the-war/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/he-chose-a-certain-path-in-life-it-proved-to-be-a-misguided-one-but/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/for-however-one-may-come-in-later-years-to-reassess-one-s/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/you-re-always-in-a-rush-or-else-you-re-too-exhausted-to-have-a-proper/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-don-t-think-it-s-any-fun-even-if-you-are-one-of-the-most-respected/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-think-it-s-quite-difficult-to-understand-what-kind-of-life-a-writer/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [“But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By the very nature of a witticism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/but-this-small-episode-is-as-good-an-illustration-as-any-of-the/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-comes-a-point-when-you-can-more-or-less-count-the-number-of/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/my-wife-is-the-most-savage-critic-she-doesn-t-feel-intimidated-by-my/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/might/kazuo-ishiguro/#itemlist", "name": "15 Might Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazuo Ishiguro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-have-happened-if-you-tried/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_happened_don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-ha_2608004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_happened_don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-ha_2608004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_happened_don-t-you-wonder-sometimes-what-might-ha_2608004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?” — Kazuo Ishiguro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She might be a great person, but life's so much bigger than just loving someone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazuo Ishiguro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-so-much-bigger-than-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_bigger_she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-s_245879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_bigger_she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-s_245879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_bigger_she-might-be-a-great-person-but-life-s-s_245879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She might be a great person, but life's so much bigger than just loving someone.” — Kazuo Ishiguro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazuo Ishiguro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have-had-but-i-am-having-this-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_another-life_there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have_1247724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_another-life_there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have_1247724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_another-life_there-was-another-life-that-i-might-have_1247724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” — Kazuo Ishiguro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. 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