In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness.

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It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you...

Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you...

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age....

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age....

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to...

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to...

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have...

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have...

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I...

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I...

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect...

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect...

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of...

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of...

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when...

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when...

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed...

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed...

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think...

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush.

Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush.

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.