“ When I watched you dancing that day, I saw something else. I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel world. An… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ More fundamentally, I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ 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 J… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ 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
“ I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ It was a fine feeling indeed to be standing up there like that, with the sound of summer all around one and a light breeze on one's face. And I believe it was then, looking on that view, that I began… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ 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
“ When my own time comes, will I too long for the sea? I think I will be content enough with the soil. And I will not demand the exact spot, but let it be within this country Horace and I have spent the… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ 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 childho… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ It was like there was some parallel universe we all vanished off to where we had all this sex. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognise such moments in retrospect. Naturally, when one looks back to such instances today, they may indeed ta… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as you might appreciate, their implications were such as to provoke a certa… Kazuo Ishiguro
“ Our life together's like a tale with a happy end, no matter what turns it took in the way. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ It might be just some trend that came and went,' I said. 'But for us, it's our life. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration. Kazuo Ishiguro
“ You see, we were able to give you something, something which even now no one will ever take from you, and we were able to do that principally by sheltering you. Hailsham would not have been Hailsham i… Kazuo Ishiguro
