Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I couldnt speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the 70s and became disillusioned in the 80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I don't think its any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

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)

I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. (Kazuo Ishiguro)