I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
Kazuo IshiguroNow naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways.
Kazuo IshiguroThe problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.
Kazuo IshiguroI cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.
Kazuo Ishiguro