“No matter how much long-distance running might suit me, of course there are days when I feel kind of lethargic and don’t… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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
Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all. But pain seems to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I'm not totally uncompetitive. It's just that for some reason I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost… — 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
it occurred to me what a simple thing reality is, how easy it is to make it work. It's just reality. Just… — 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
