• I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

    Haruki Murakami: I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.
    "What Haruki Murakami talks about". Interview with Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. October 26, 2008.