#writ

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 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 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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#because #books #good #had #high

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

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#did #first #fond #i #kind

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#i #least #narrative #point #priority

Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#after #ago #autobiography #coming #couple

I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I'd like to build something to that effect. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#artists #best #build #company #directors

My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I'd like to build something to that effect. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#artists #best #build #company #directors