Haruki Murakami Quotes

I'm not trying to imply I can keep up this silent, isolated facade all the time. Sometimes the wall I've erected around me comes crumbling down. It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes, before I even realize what's going on, there I am--naked and defenseless and totally confused. At times like that I always feel an omen calling out to me, like a dark, omnipresent pool of water.

Haruki Murakami

Quotes to Explore

I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.

Karan Mahajan
- Good
- Long
- Value
My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.

Ted Kotcheff
- Make
- Plan
- Canada
When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

Madeleine Albright
- Up
- Women
- She
We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.

Oriana Fallaci
- Truth
- Lie
- Hypocrisy
I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.

Laila Ali
- People
- Attention
- Crazy
I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.

Sir Isaac Brock KB
- Time
- Politics
- Stand