My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation. Kazuo Ishiguro bobcohendylan Change image and share on social
When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film. Kazuo Ishiguro bookeffortfilm Change image and share on social
There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die. Kazuo Ishiguro bookcountdie Change image and share on social
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
Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki. Kazuo Ishiguro backexoticguildford Change image and 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
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
There's something very misleading about the literary culture that looks at writers in their 30s and calls them 'budding' or 'promising', when in fact they're peaking. Kazuo Ishiguro 30sbudcall Change image and share on social
I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me. Kazuo Ishiguro alivediscoverimagination 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
