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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
- Partner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collect records. And cats. I don't have any cats right now. But if I'm taking a walk and I see a cat, I'm happy.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to read books. I like to listen to music.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling that I would be able to express my emotions so much more directly than if I wrote in Japanese.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard to be an individual in Japan.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.
- Concentrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020