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Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

«Unless you have a real sense of precious things under threat, there would be nothing sad about time being limited.»
«I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar.»
«I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends.»
«The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.»
«The idea of a successful novel was something that was reviewed in the Observer and then sank without trace. Literature wasn't a happening thing in those days. Music and fringe theatre and television playwriting were far more exciting.»
«I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at home.»
«What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now.»
«I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not.»
«Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki.»
«I often play little games in my head.»

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