#all

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#culture #games #high #i #including

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#i #just #me #parallel #realized

Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It's a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#big #come #computer #course #day

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

It's physical. 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

#be strong #course #day #every #every day

People are really worried about their jobs. That's what everybody talks to me about today. ↗

— Patty Murray

#body talks #everybody #jobs #me #people

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#confused #really #situation #understand #who

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#death #generally #resolute #speaking #warrior

That I learned even as a three year-old that I see this world that is really a mess and I learned to say, this is not me. I am not the one that is messed up. It is out there. ↗

— Story Musgrave

#even #i #i am #i see #learned

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#like #metallica #sound