--- title: "13 Trying Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro" description: "13 Trying quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Plus more from Kazuo Ishiguro and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_creativity_we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-fo_1273789.jpg" --- > [“We were just trying to create a place for ourselves in a world that didn’t want us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-for-ourselves-in-a-world-that/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_creativity_we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-fo_1273789.jpg) > [I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-wouldn-t-want-to-try-to-adapt-something-of-my-own-it-would-be-like/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_adapt_i-wouldn-t-want-to-try-to-adapt-somethin_3216866.jpg) > [Love isn't about when you first meet. It's about the many, many years you spend together, when you're trying to keep that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/love-isn-t-about-when-you-first-meet-it-s-about-the-many-many-years/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_burning_love-isn-t-about-when-you-first-meet-it_325996.jpg) > [There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-are-things-i-am-more-interested-in-than-the-clone-thing-how-are/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_clone_there-are-things-i-am-more-interested-in_2444633.jpg) > [I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-m-always-trying-to-make-something-that-is-impossible-to-film-why/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_always_i-m-always-trying-to-make-something-that_456271.jpg) > [There's still a part of me that thinks I have to write a really good novel. I'm not trying to say I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-s-still-a-part-of-me-that-thinks-i-have-to-write-a-really-good/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_books_there-s-still-a-part-of-me-that-thinks-i_2268059.jpg) > [I try to always go for something... very interior, following thoughts and memories, something that I think is difficult to do on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-try-to-always-go-for-something-very-interior-following-thoughts-and/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_difficult_i-try-to-always-go-for-something-very-in_2523794.jpg) > [The reason I wouldn't dare to write a Western is simply because that seems to be so much a part of American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/the-reason-i-wouldn-t-dare-to-write-a-western-is-simply-because-that/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_american-culture_the-reason-i-wouldn-t-dare-to-write-a-we_1974951.jpg) > [Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/perhaps-there-are-those-who-are-able-to-go-about-their-lives/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_able_perhaps-there-are-those-who-are-able-to_3080388.jpg) > [A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/a-man-who-aspires-to-rise-above-the-mediocre-to-be-something-more/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_accounts_a-man-who-aspires-to-rise-above-the-medi_345279.jpg) > [What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/what-is-the-point-of-worrying-oneself-too-much-about-what-one-could/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_aspiration_what-is-the-point-of-worrying-oneself-to_261895.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) > [I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-keep-thinking-about-this-river-somewhere-with-the-water-moving-2/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_currents_i-keep-thinking-about-this-river-somewhe_2828039.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/kazuo-ishiguro/#itemlist", "name": "13 Trying Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We were just trying to create a place for ourselves in a world that didn’t want us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazuo Ishiguro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-for-ourselves-in-a-world-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_creativity_we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-fo_1273789.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_creativity_we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-fo_1273789.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_creativity_we-were-just-trying-to-create-a-place-fo_1273789.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were just trying to create a place for ourselves in a world that didn’t want us.” — Kazuo Ishiguro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. 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