If I choose to write about sheep, it's just because I happened to write about sheep. There is no deep significance.
Haruki MurakamiGrandfather always said schoolโs a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either.
Haruki MurakamiWriting talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you are either born with it or you aren't.
Haruki MurakamiI generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what Iโm writing. I donโt see anything else, I donโt think about anything else.
Haruki MurakamiIf you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and I believe #โ running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life.
Haruki Murakami