Haruki Murakami: The Moment I Became a Novelist

nepotistic

But as is so often the case with men who have made it like this, he was arrogant and self-righteous.

In order to protect myself and survive, I have to learn the rules of this place and adapt myself to them.

hardscrabble

Of course, reading novels was just another form of escape.

I hope to be “original” in my expression, just as I imagine all artists do. As I have already explained, however, it’s not something I myself can determine. However loudly I proclaim it from the rooftops, however often I am praised for it by the critics and the media, our voices are fated to vanish in the wind. All I can do is entrust the final dec

at the end I hardly knew who I was or what I was doing.

“When I’m writing a story, I use words to transform the surrounding scene into something more natural for me. In other words, I reconstruct it. That way, I can confirm without a doubt that this person known as ‘me’ exists in the world. This is a totally different process from steeping myself in the world of math.”