Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhen I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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