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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fortunate #his #lifetime #maybe #novels

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

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

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'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fun #helps #i #me #need

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #country #feel #i #i am

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you'd quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#basis #became #began #being #day

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#else #father #i #japanese #just

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 don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#actual #because #decision #express #i