I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time.
Kazuo IshiguroLove isn't about when you first meet. It's about the many, many years you spend together, when you're trying to keep that flame burning.
Kazuo IshiguroPerhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in - particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.
Kazuo IshiguroThere is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of oneโs life
Kazuo Ishiguro