I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes. I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. Like the wind passing over my body, it had neither shape nor weight, nor could I wrap myself in it.
Haruki MurakamiWhen I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.
Haruki MurakamiSo once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I can hardly breathe, and my whole body wants to shrink into a corner. It's so much easier to just believe in reincarnation.
Haruki MurakamiGood style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.
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