#ak

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#beautiful #eyes #friendship #her #long

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. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#continue #dream #everyday #everyday life #having

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #before #book #books #die

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier. ↗

— Andy Murray

#having #knee #life #lot #make

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. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #awake #because #change #continue

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going. ↗

— Joe Namath

#going #know #leader #make #nobody

Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.' ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#air #bar #became #before #center

I drink to make other people interesting. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#i #interesting #make #other #people

I collect records. And cats. I don't have any cats right now. But if I'm taking a walk and I see a cat, I'm happy. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#cat #cats #collect #happy #i

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#call #express #fiction #how #i