I dont know how many good books I still have in me I hope there are another four or five. – Haruki Murakami
I didnt read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. – Haruki Murakami
My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories – not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my fathers generation. Its a kind of inheritance, the memory of it. – Haruki Murakami
I dont want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. – Haruki Murakami