Haruki Murakami Quotes About Short Stories

Quotes about: Short Stories

• My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set down each and every one of them, and how I felt when I did. Short stories are like guideposts to my heart.

  Haruki Murakami

  Writing, Heart, Shadow

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”, p.9, Random House

• A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake and shout, 'Hey,this is no time for sleeping! You can't forget me, there's still more to write!' Impelled by that voice, I would find myself writing a novel. In this sense, too, my short stories and novels connect inside me in a very natural, organic way.

  Haruki Murakami

  Writing, Sleep, Night

• If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.

  Haruki Murakami

  Writing, Garden, Stories

• Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being 'down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see that it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid - From the short story "Thailand

  Haruki Murakami

  Mysterious Things, Earthquakes, Feet

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Jul 02, 2015

• If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement each other, creating a complete landscape that I treasure. The green foliage of the trees casts a pleasant shade over the earth, and the wind rustles the leaves, which are sometimes dyed a brilliant gold. Meanwhile, in the garden, buds appear on the flowers, and colorful petals attract bees and butterflies, reminding us of the subtle transition from one season to the next.

  Haruki Murakami

  Flower, Butterfly, Writing

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