a obrigação

Haruki Murakami: We have to be responsible for our memories. My stories are not written in realistic style. But you have to see reality. That is your duty, that is your obligation.

a dor é inevitável, o sofrimento é opcional

Haruki Murakami escreve sobre o que significa para ele correr e a correlação que tem com a escrita. o autor corre quase todos os dias há 23 anos e participou em 24 maratonas.

>"What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. In this sense, writing novels and running full marathons are very much alike. For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. I'm at an ordinary - or perhaps more like mediocre - level. But that's not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be."