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Thinking Quotes by Haruki Murakami
- People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most…
- I generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what I’m writing. I…
- There's no sense forcing yourself if you don't feel like it. Tell you the truth, I've had sex with lots of guys, but I think…
- I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It's a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you. My memory is…
- I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.
- Do you know what ‘Sputnik’ means in Russian? ‘Travelling companion’. I looked it up in a dictionary not long ago. Kind of a strange coincidence…
- I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I…
- In Japan, the writers have made up a literary community, a circle, a society. I think 90 percent of Japan's writers live in Tokyo. Naturally,…
- Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch…
- Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I…
- I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the…
- If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
- I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm just a guy who can write.
- I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle.…
- In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to…
- Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with…
- George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don't want to write messages. I want to write good stories.…
- What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.
- I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, “It’s true. There aren’t any new words. Our job is to…
- So once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I can hardly breathe,…
- I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then…
- So I'm not crazy after all! I thought it looked good myself once I cut it all off. Not one guy likes it, though. They…
- Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite…
- She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the…
- In terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts.…
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