I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I used to watch 'The Lone Ranger', which had been famous in Japan as well. I idolized these cowboys. Kazuo Ishiguro bitcowboyenglish share on social
This is the big question that we all have about our children: How much, how soon, do we tell our children the less comfortable facts about the world they're going to inherit? Kazuo Ishiguro bigchildcomfortable Change image and share on social
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. Kazuo Ishiguro balancedifficultface 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
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity. Kazuo Ishiguro acceptdignityenormous Change image and share on social
I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world. Kazuo Ishiguro 70s80sdisillusion Change image and share on social
I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. Kazuo Ishiguro awardbritainbritish share on social
I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by journalists in Denmark or wherever. That fact, I believe, informs the way I write - with those Danish journalists leaning over my shoulder. Kazuo Ishiguro bookdanishday share on social
Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel. With a novel, you can get right inside somebody's head. Kazuo Ishiguro cinemafictionfilm share on social
I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time. Kazuo Ishiguro concerndifficultivory Change image and share on social
