When I write a novel I put into play all the information inside me. It might be Japanese information or it might be Western; I don't draw a distinction between the two.

For a certain kind of person, love begins from something tiny or silly. From something like that or it doesnt begin at all.

When microorganisms die, they make oil; when huge timbers fall, they make coal. But everything here was pure, unadulterated rubbish that didn't make anything. Where does a busted videodeck get you?

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life

I love pop culture -- the Rolling Stones, the Doors, David Lynch, things like that. That's why I said I don't like elitism.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.