Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.

Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

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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...

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back...

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back...

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...

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing...

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing...

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...

People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory...

I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory...

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...

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...

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.

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real...

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real...

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...

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.