Sometimes I feel so- I donโt know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything youโre used to has been ripped away. Like thereโs no more gravity, and Iโm left to drift in outer space with no idea where Iโm goingโ Like a little lost Sputnik?โ I guess so.
Haruki MurakamiHow wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous.
Haruki MurakamiBefore I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.'
Haruki MurakamiMusic brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.
Haruki MurakamiMy only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely lifeโฆ Not that I knew what I wanted in life - I didnโt. I loved reading novels to distraction, but didnโt write well enough to be a novelist; being an editor or a critic was out, too, since my tastes ran to the extremes. Novels should be for pure personal enjoyment, I decided, not part of your work or study. Thatโs why I didnโt study literature
Haruki Murakami