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Haruki Murakami Quotes

Japanese - Writer | January 12, 1949 -

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

Haruki Murakami

Good Ambition Standards High Because

I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened.

Haruki Murakami

People Want Jazz Intelligent Become

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream - I was surprised to find it happening.

Haruki Murakami

Writing Kitchen Book Dream Table

George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don't want to write messages. I want to write good stories. I think of myself as a political person, but I don't state my political messages to anybody.

Haruki Murakami

Good Myself Think Political Person

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

Haruki Murakami

Day Be Strong Writing Strong You

Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I'm a successful writer.

Haruki Murakami

Career Wonder Now Sometimes Why

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

Haruki Murakami

Money Enough Living Jazz Write Club

Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new work, I move up a step and discover something new inside me.

Haruki Murakami

Work I Am Step Me Strong Doing

As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as I get older, it has become a very important part of my life.

Haruki Murakami

Life Time My Life Year Long Down

I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don't know at all what you're going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you're a kid and you're reading stories.

Haruki Murakami

Myself Ride Writing Book Reading

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So 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. The next day, the dream will continue.

Haruki Murakami

Morning Day People Enough You Early

I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.

Haruki Murakami

Memories History Memory Writing Own

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