I wrote my first two long novels and an anthology of short narratives, when I was a manager of my own jazz bar. There was not enough time to write and I didn't know how to write novels. Therefore, I made written collages of aphorisms and rags.
Haruki MurakamiThe body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.
Haruki MurakamiIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
Haruki MurakamiSo the fact that Iām me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.
Haruki Murakami