"I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more."
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"I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living."
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"I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else."
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"A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime."
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"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."
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"Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy."
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"I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years."
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"I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something."
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"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."
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"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."
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"When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say."
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"It is hard to be an individual in Japan."
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"Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose)."
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"Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most."
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"Perhaps I'm just too painstaking a type of person, but I can't grasp much of anything without putting down my thoughts in writing."
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"Everything has boundaries. the same holds true with thought. you shouldn't fear boundaries, but you also should not be afraid of destroying them. that's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries. what's really important in life is always the things that are secondary."
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"Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience."
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"Since I'm a novelist I'm the opposite of you - I believe that what's most important is what cannot be measured. I'm not denying your way of thinking, but the greater part of people's lives consist of things that are unmeasurable, and trying to change all these to something measurable is realistically impossible."
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"Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names."
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"If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself."
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