I'm scared," she said. "These days I feel like a snail without a shell." "I'm scared too," I said. "I feel like a frog without any webs." She looked up and smiled. Wordlessly we walked over to a shaded part of the building and held each other and kissed, a shell-less snail and a webless frog.
Haruki MurakamiBefore I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.'
Haruki MurakamiI always write my novels with music (I don't listened to the music seriously.) Music seems to encourage me.
Haruki MurakamiBut knowing what I donโt want to do doesnโt help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything if somebody made me. But I donโt have an image of the one thing I really want to do. Thatโs my problem now. I canโt find the image.
Haruki Murakami