"Writers have to keep on writing if they……" — Haruki Murakami

"Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves."

— Haruki Murakami

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1,044 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami has 1,044 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You're not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you…
I tell you, Mr. Okada, a cold beer at the end of the day is the best thing life has…
Colours shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green,…
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't…
Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what,…
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
I write weird stories. I don't know why I like weirdness so much ... But when I write, I write…
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's…
Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for…
Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on…
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my…
Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If…

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More Caterpillars Quotes

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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. — Richard Bach
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the… — Richard Bach
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round:… — Anton Chekhov
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the… — William Blake
God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you,… — Rick Warren
True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from… — Julia Hill
Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together. — Jean-Paul Sartre
You will be astonished to find how the whole mental disposition of your children changes with advancing years. A young… — Charles Darwin
The Caterpillar cannot understand the butterfly — Timothy Leary
I'm sure I've been a toad, one time or another. With bats, weasels, worms...I rejoice in the kinship. Even the… — Theodore Roethke
I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in… — Robert Wyatt
A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly — Andre Gide

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