Haruki Murakami
Japan's most internationally acclaimed living novelist
Most quoted
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts itself to your movement. Again and again. Until at last, you and the storm stop trying to outrun each other. This is because the storm isn't something that has nothing to do with you, something that's blowing from far away. The storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Again and again you play this game, like a hapless dancer with Death. Because the storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
All quotes by Haruki Murakami (395)
I don't like to read my own books after they're published. I just move on to the next one.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be patient.
I don't have any favorite books. I just read what I like.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be disciplined.
I don't like to travel. I prefer to stay at home and write.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be humble.
I don't have any political views. I just write about human nature.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be passionate.
I don't like to give interviews. I prefer to let my books speak for themselves.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be original.
I don't have any regrets. I just try to live my life to the fullest.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be authentic.
I don't like to be famous. I just want to be a writer.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be resilient.
I don't have any favorite music. I just listen to what I like.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be imaginative.
I don't like to talk about my personal life. It's a very private thing.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be observant.
I don't have any favorite movies. I just watch what I like.
I think that's the most important thing for a writer: to be introspective.
Contemporaries of Haruki Murakami
Other Literatures born within 50 years of Haruki Murakami (1949).