--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro" description: "13 Way quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro. Plus more from Kazuo Ishiguro and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_chapters_i-cannot-start-a-story-or-chapter-withou_566607.jpg" --- > [I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-cannot-start-a-story-or-chapter-without-knowing-how-it-ends-of/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_chapters_i-cannot-start-a-story-or-chapter-withou_566607.jpg) > [People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/people-were-incredibly-kind-to-our-family-and-went-out-of-their-way/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_family_people-were-incredibly-kind-to-our-famil_2558417.jpg) > [Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/now-naturally-like-many-of-us-i-have-a-reluctance-to-change-too-much-2/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_old-ways_now-naturally-like-many-of-us-i-have-a-r_1231338.jpg) > [The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/the-problem-as-i-see-it-is-that-you-ve-been-told-and-not-told-you-ve/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_dare_the-problem-as-i-see-it-is-that-you-ve-b_1396162.jpg) > [As I say, I have never in all these years thought of the matter in quite this way; but then it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/as-i-say-i-have-never-in-all-these-years-thought-of-the-matter-in/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_long_as-i-say-i-have-never-in-all-these-years_927606.jpg) > [I like the fact that by mimicking the way memory works, a writer can actually write in a fluid way - one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-like-the-fact-that-by-mimicking-the-way-memory-works-a-writer-can/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_facts_i-like-the-fact-that-by-mimicking-the-wa_2433527.jpg) > [You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_broken_you-re-always-in-a-rush-or-else-you-re-t_88139.jpg) > [I grew up in Britain before it became a multicultural place, so in many ways I have a nostalgia for an England…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-grew-up-in-britain-before-it-became-a-multicultural-place-so-in/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_britain_i-grew-up-in-britain-before-it-became-a_2290181.jpg) > [“You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world. People's opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/you-have-to-accept-that-sometimes-that-s-how-things-happen-in-this/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_accepting_you-have-to-accept-that-sometimes-that-s_1169817.jpg) > [Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Because somewhere underneath,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/because-maybe-in-a-way-we-didn-t-leave-it-behind-nearly-as-much-as-we/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_behinds_because-maybe-in-a-way-we-didn-t-leave-i_2325670.jpg) > [I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-want-my-words-to-survive-translation-i-know-when-i-write-a-book-now/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_believe_i-want-my-words-to-survive-translation-i_1636673.jpg) > [I can see,’ Miss Emily said, ‘that it might look as though you were simply pawns in a game. It can certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-can-see-miss-emily-said-that-it-might-look-as-though-you-were/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_accepting_i-can-see-miss-emily-said-that-it-might_1024547.jpg) > [And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/and-so-we-stood-together-like-that-at-the-top-of-that-field-for-what/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_age_and-so-we-stood-together-like-that-at-th_1130100.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/kazuo-ishiguro/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Kazuo Ishiguro", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... 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