Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro OBE, FRSA, FRSLis a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan; his family moved to England in 1960 when he was five. Ishiguro obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative-writing course in 1980...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CountryJapan
people way never-let-me-go
The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.
home thinking lunch
I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at home, I have a very flexible timetable, and 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.
book believe writing
I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by journalists in Denmark or wherever. That fact, I believe, informs the way I write - with those Danish journalists leaning over my shoulder.
song writing thinking
I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff.
school trying want
I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again.
want translations
I want my words to survive translation.
thinking knees pressure
I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you.
song stories wanted
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
age stories viewpoints
I spent ages figuring out things like viewpoint, how you tell the story, and so on.
interesting novelists world
I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.
children growing-up trauma
All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.
england links might
I don't have a deep link with England like, say, Jonathan Coe or Hanif Kureishi might demonstrate. For me, it is like a mythical place.
fiction detectives christie
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
song real looks
If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.