Haruki Murakami Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.”

“Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.”

“I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.”

“I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.”

“I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot.”

“I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run.”

“You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical.”

“I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.”

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

“Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.”