MURAKAMI
When I start to write, I don’t have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come. I don’t choose what kind of story it is or what’s going to happen. I just wait.
Norwegian Wood is a different thing, because I decided to write in a realistic style. But basically, I cannot choose.
INTERVIEWER
But do you choose the voice that it’s told in, that deadpan, easy-to-follow voice? Do you choose that?
MURAKAMI
I get some images and I connect one piece to another. That’s the story line. Then I explain the story line to the reader. You should be very kind when you explain something. If you think, It’s okay;
I know that, it’s a very arrogant thing. Easy words and good metaphors; good allegory. So that’s what I do. I explain very carefully and clearly.
INTERVIEWER
Does that come naturally for you?
MURAKAMI
I’m not intelligent. I’m not arrogant. I’m just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn’t want to become a writer—it just happened. It’s a kind of gift, you know, from the heavens. So I think I should be very humble.
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