Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't leave me, I can take care of it. That agrees with my mentality.

With each passing moment I'm becoming part of the past. There is no future for me, just the past steadily accumulating.

What do we talk about? Just ordinary things. What happened today, or books we've read, or tomorrow's weather, you know. Don't tell me you're wondering if people jump to their feet and shout stuff like 'It'll rain tomorrow if a polar bear eats the stars tonight!

Is this what it means to go back to square one? Most likely. He had nothing left to lose, other than his life.

Passion can’t sustain itself forever.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I'm a successful writer.

Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.