Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

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 Ishiguro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: November 8, 1954

Topics

TimePeopleThoughtMoviesStrange

The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts of speech and the integration of the sentence.

John Wesley Powell

OrganizationLanguageSpeechOrgans

I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her.

Amy Bloom

I AmMeSisterNeverWriteHer

That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have that in their history, and there are some fundamentalists.

Trey Parker

HistoryPeopleMeanSomeLotAmong

I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.

Tom Robbins

MyselfThinkChristianNeverRight

It's like a 'chicken or the egg' thing. We're all part of the culture. We're reflecting it; we're changing it. So, yeah, I think culture is always changing.

Roz Chast

CultureThinkEggChickenAlways

Genius is eternal patience.

Michelangelo

PatienceGeniusEternal

The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.

Julia Holter

MusicWordsMeMeaningImportant

I do have a personal life. I spend half of the week at home. One of those nights, I'll go out with some friends and have a good time. I have a day and a half at home, and love to just sit on my backyard by my pool, read a book, or do some writing. That's my vacation.

Dolph Ziggler

LifeLoveGoodHomeTimeDay

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Confucius

LifeDeathKnowHow

It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams.

Claire McCaskill

PoliceMeBodySeemsGiveBefore

Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Chuck Palahniuk

WorkHappySomeoneOutAnytime

I'm usually cast as the sassy, brassy best friend.

Annie Parisse

FriendBestBest FriendSassyCast

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