Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

A collection of quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Kazuo Ishiguro is a renowned British novelist, born in Nagasaki, Japan in 1954. His family moved to England when he was five years old. Ishiguro is well-known for his atmospheric and deeply introspective novels, often exploring themes of memory, identity, and the human condition. His most famous work, "The Remains of the Day" (1989), won the Man Booker Prize and was later adapted into a highly acclaimed film. In 2017, Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "novels of great emotional force," solidifying his status as one of the most influential contemporary writers.

But you play that passage like it's the -memory- of love. Yo

But you play that passage like it's the -memory- of love. You're so young, yet you know desertion, abandonment. That's why you play that third movement the way you do. Most cellists, they play it with joy. But for you, it's not about joy, it's about the memory of a joyful time that's gone for ever.

Love Memory Abondonment

I needed to get familiar with sex, and it would be just as w

I needed to get familiar with sex, and it would be just as well to practise first with a boy I didn't care about too much. Then later on, if I was with someone special, I'd have more chance of doing everything right.

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been s

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

Inspirational Story Beautiful

An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds i

An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.

Art Beauty Artist Aesthetics

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel b

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.

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a mana

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.