Haruki Murakami Quotes

I collect records. And cats. I don't have any cats right now. But if I'm taking a walk and I see a cat, I'm happy.
Haruki Murakami

Happy, Walk, Taking

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

Teacher, Father, Else

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.
Haruki Murakami

Respect, Humble, Enjoy

I don't get bored.
Haruki Murakami

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
Haruki Murakami

Good, Hope, Another

I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm just a guy who can write.
Haruki Murakami

Write, Artist, Guy

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
Haruki Murakami

Politics, Decision, Opinion

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
Haruki Murakami

Good, Ambition, High

I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.
Haruki Murakami

Style, Literature, Models

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me.
Haruki Murakami

Writing, Wanted, Write

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching.
Haruki Murakami

Story, Call, Matters

I like to read books. I like to listen to music.
Haruki Murakami

Music, Read, Books

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.
Haruki Murakami

Used, Three, Run

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.
Haruki Murakami

Fun, Powerful, Write

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

Time, Big, Takes

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.
Haruki Murakami

Once, Interested, Fast

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years. I don't get bored.
Haruki Murakami

Bored, Once, Interested

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.
Haruki Murakami

Getting, Year, Older

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.
Haruki Murakami

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
Haruki Murakami

Care, Remember, Else

If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
Haruki Murakami

In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness.
Haruki Murakami

Understand, Leave, Open

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.
Haruki Murakami

Trying, Write, Days

It's physical. If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.
Haruki Murakami

Strong, Important, Writing

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose.
Haruki Murakami

Time, True, Simple

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Writer

Born: January 12, 1949

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