I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.

In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.

Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all.

If she did experience sex-or something close to it-in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.

As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my heart to.