Haruki Murakami

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. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#awake #dream #intentionally #most #people

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. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#day #easy #every #every day #four

Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose). ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#i #i write #just #like #much

I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#big #boiled #get #hot #i

Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#days #free #people #these #trust

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#happiest #life #my life #things

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#i #live #nothing #right #sure

I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm just a guy who can write. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#guy #i #just #myself #think

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. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#i #just #me #parallel #realized

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fortunate #his #lifetime #maybe #novels