Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.
Haruki MurakamiI'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.
Haruki MurakamiThat's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.
Haruki MurakamiTime weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to sleep through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there.
Haruki Murakami