Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I just write mechanical things.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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I write in the studio.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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I have a nice little movie career, and I write plays and do my act.
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If you want a database, you don't go out and say you're going to write it. I see platforms as going in that direction.
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I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.
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I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software.
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If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea.
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Then they grow away from the earth then they grow away from the sun then they grow away from the plants and the animals. They see no life. When they look they see only objects. The world is a dead thing for them the trees and the rivers are not alive. the mountains and stones are not alive. The deer and bear are objects. They see no life. They fear. They fear the world. They destroy what they fear. They fear themselves.
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I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
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We're living in a new Beat time, in my view. And it's very difficult for us to hang on.
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you.
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I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel.
