Able Quote by Haruki Murakami

Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of…

— Suzanne Vega

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

— Haruki Murakami

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

We don't put our emotions out there in Japan. I'm Japanese, but I love to be honest.

— Rinko Kikuchi

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture.

— Matthew Moy

As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something…

— Dinaw Mengestu

My life was very Japanese.

— Bryan Clay

Before 'The Last Samurai,' I couldn't believe I could do that. I didn't think I would be able to explain myself and my feelings…

— Ken Watanabe

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and…

— Daniel Alarcon

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

— Thomas Mars

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And it would also make…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock…

— F. Sionil Jose