When I was younger, I didn't read that much. I was more interested in film and music. Now I'm curious. I want… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I quizzed him a lot on this point and i suspect the truth was that it was like a lot of things… — 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
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“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
“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
“Silence is just as likely to indicate the most profound ideas forming, the deepest energies being summoned.” — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By the very nature of a witticism,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
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… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share
