Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I dont think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. – Haruki Murakami
Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most. – Haruki Murakami
I didnt want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think thats a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. Im proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it. – 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