Haruki Murakami Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I collect records. And cats. I don't have any cats right now. But if I'm taking a walk and I see a cat, I'm happy.”

“I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened.”

“You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.”

“My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.”

“Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.”

“When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.”

“I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.”

“Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose).”

“You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.”

“When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.”