If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.
Haruki MurakamiIf you miss the bus, miss the train, youโd be left behind. So everyone says, letโs get on the train, letโs get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didnโt like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.
Haruki MurakamiSometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself.
Haruki MurakamiA short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake and shout, 'Hey,this is no time for sleeping! You can't forget me, there's still more to write!' Impelled by that voice, I would find myself writing a novel. In this sense, too, my short stories and novels connect inside me in a very natural, organic way.
Haruki Murakami