One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“The woman had gasped beneath his heavy body. He rubbed against her, lubricated by the warm, sticky liquid, but as her body gradually grew… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“But it did seem that the thing we are most proud of and the thing we are most ashamed of are but the front… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“But even a nice mom and dad like this can't really sense how their child's been assaulted by commercialism ever since she was little,… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“For a nymphomaniac like myself, I suppose there could be no job more suitable than prostitution; it is my God-given destiny. No matter how… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“So something that never should have happened did, all because of my thoughts and actions. A clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship. I was the one who… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“This didn't make me sad exactly - it was more a feeling that my own world was too simple, too smooth, too boring and… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
