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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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.