“the applicant be possessed of a dignity in keeping with his position.” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lordship’s wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“There is, after all, a real limit to how much ordinary people can learn and know, and to demand that each and… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“And let me now posit this: ‘dignity’ has to do crucially with a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he… — 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
