I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff. Kazuo Ishiguro apprenticeshipautobiographicalexperimental Change image and share on social
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. Kazuo Ishiguro answerbookexplain share on social
I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds. Kazuo Ishiguro createinterestnovelist Change image and share on social
To some extent, at least, you have to shield children from what you know and drip-feed information to them. Sometimes that is kindly meant, and sometimes not. Kazuo Ishiguro childdripextent Change image and share on social
I don't have a deep link with England like, say, Jonathan Coe or Hanif Kureishi might demonstrate. For me, it is like a mythical place. Kazuo Ishiguro coedeepdemonstrate Change image and share on social
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, that's 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me. Kazuo Ishiguro agoancientarrive Change image and share on social
Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood. Kazuo Ishiguro adultchildhooddeep Change image and share on social
People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help. Kazuo Ishiguro familyincrediblykind Change image and share on social
When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever. Kazuo Ishiguro backcontroldecision share on social
We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love, loyalty. When time is running out, they don't care about possessions or status. They want to put things right if they've done wrong. Kazuo Ishiguro beingbodycapable share on social