451 Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

Even at the time, I realised this couldn't be right, that this interpretation didn't fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn't an issue with me. The song was about what I said, and I used to listen to it again and again, on my own, whenever I got the chance.

I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. 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.

I spent ages figuring out things like viewpoint, how you tell the story, and so on.

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?

There was a time you saw me once, one afternoon, in the dormitories. There was no one else around, and I was playing this tape, this music. I was sort of dancing with my eyes closed and you saw me.' '...yes, I remember that occasion. I still think about it from time to time.' 'That's funny, so do I.

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had, but I’m having this one.

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.