All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma. Kazuo Ishiguro childdeceivegrow Change image and share on social
I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again. Kazuo Ishiguro adaptbackexam Change image and share on social
When you're lucky enough to have a good film made of your novel - and 'Never Let Me Go' is, believe me, a heartbreakingly good film indeed - you get wonderfully talented individuals each focusing on their special area. Kazuo Ishiguro areafilmfocus share on social
There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter? Kazuo Ishiguro cloneextentfate 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
Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. I like the atmospheres that result if episodes are narrated through the haze of memory. Kazuo Ishiguro actualatmospherecentral Change image and 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
When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it. Kazuo Ishiguro bubblechildcontrol 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've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. Kazuo Ishiguro agathachristiedetective Change image and share on social
