I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time.

Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

Topics: Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I...

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I...

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what...

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what...

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the...

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the...

Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more...

Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more...

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was...

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was...

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is...

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is...

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner....

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner....

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with...

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with...

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what...

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what...

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they...

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they...

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual...

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual...

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this...

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this...

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think...

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think...

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my...

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my...

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time...

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time...

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write...

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write...

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my...

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my...