When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I could have been a cult writer if I’d kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
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. I think of myself as a political person, but I don’t state my political messages to anybody. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn’t have to write for my living. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I was enjoying myself writing, because I don’t know what’s going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don’t know at all what you’re going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you’re a kid and you’re reading stories. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
Many people tell me that they don ‘t know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That’s good. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
It’s physical. If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
