There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring. - Kazuo Ishiguro 1 Share Now -
I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I used to watch 'The Lone Ranger', which had been famous in Japan as well. I idolized these cowboys. - Kazuo Ishiguro 2 Share Now -
I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me. - Kazuo Ishiguro 3 Share Now -
Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write. - Kazuo Ishiguro 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
