Japanese - Writer | January 12, 1949 -
I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run.
Haruki Murakami
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For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life.
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Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose).
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I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.
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I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.
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I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.
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I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.
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I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.
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Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me.
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Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good.
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As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.
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