451 Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in – particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.

I’ve come to appreciate cooking over the years. It’s an art, I’m convinced of it, just as noble as painting or poetry. It’s not appreciated simply because the product disappears so quickly.

I find Japanese books quite baffling when I read them in translation. It’s only with Haruki Murakami that I find Japanse fiction that I can understand and relate to. He’s a very international writer.

At the same time, what was becoming clear to me was the extent to which humans, in their wish to escape loneliness, made maneuvers that were very complex and hard to fathom, and I saw it was possible that the consequences of Morgan’s Falls had at no stage been within my control.

Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one’s development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one’s ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.

The evening’s the best part of the day. You’ve done your day’s work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

So I know just how much it matters to you that people who love one another are brought together, even after many years.

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

Foolishness, sir. How can old wounds heal while maggots linger so richly? Or a peace hold for ever built on slaughter and a magician’s trickery?