People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. Kazuo Ishiguro bookbookerliterary share on social
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs. Kazuo Ishiguro cohenenlargehave Change image and share on social
I like the fact that by mimicking the way memory works, a writer can actually write in a fluid way - one solid scene doesn't have to fall on another solid scene, you can just have a fragment that then dovetails into another one that took place 30 years apart from it. Kazuo Ishiguro dovetailfactfall share on social
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. Kazuo Ishiguro happeninterestpeople Change image and share on social
The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. Kazuo Ishiguro bookcountryexperiment Change image and share on social
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one. Kazuo Ishiguro life Change image and share on social
If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them. Kazuo Ishiguro connectionrealshort Change image and share on social
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 awardbritainbritish share on social
I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family. Kazuo Ishiguro commutefamilyfortunate Change image and share on social
Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood. Kazuo Ishiguro adultchildhooddeep Change image and share on social
