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.... →
Haruki Murakami
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... →
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as I get older, it has become a very... →
It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple... →
Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in... →
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... →
Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.... →
Walter Murch
Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the... →
Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without... →