It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

Quote by Haruki Murakami

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories...

In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories...

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.

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the...

Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the...

A very honest woman but something given to lie

A very honest woman but something given to lie

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

I'm not good at secrets, so don't tell me any.

I'm not good at secrets, so don't tell me any.