Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, ‘I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.’ Haruki Murakami Read Quote
Every writer has his writing technique – what he can and can’t do to describe something like war or history. I’m not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it’s not imagination. It’s just a way of watching. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
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 popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It’s a parallel thing in me. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream – I was surprised to find it happening. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
