Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and I want novels to work purely as novels. Otherwise I don't see how they'll survive - why don't we just all go to the movies or watch television.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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I hate the domestic life.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.
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When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations.
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I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially true about 'Price' because of my respect for the show and it's production team.
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If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.
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I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
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When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and I want novels to work purely as novels. Otherwise I don't see how they'll survive - why don't we just all go to the movies or watch television.
