I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. -Haruki Murakami Famous
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon. -Haruki Murakami Best
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers. -Haruki Murakami Sports
My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father's generation. It's a kind of inheritance, the memory of it. -Haruki Murakami War
I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. -Haruki Murakami Teacher
I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching. -Haruki Murakami Imagination
I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run. -Haruki Murakami Morning
You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you. -Haruki Murakami Sympathy
