- Nov 07, 2020
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- 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