#any

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#everything #gets #got #how #keeps

My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#heroes #how #know #other #people

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

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#appreciate #freedom #i #life #many

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#books #five #four #good #hope

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

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#full #hours #i #marathon #minutes

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 didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#be humble #became #countries #enjoy #his way

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#been #belonged #company #easy #graduated