Best quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro on People

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• ‟ I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

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• ‟ My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

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• ‟ I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I feel my worldly success is a bit uncomfortable for them.

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• ‟ I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world.

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• ‟ As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

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• ‟ People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

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• ‟ People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different.

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• ‟ What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.

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