Haruki Murakami Quotes

You have to have been in love to write poetry.

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

There is no art without Eros.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

I can't write songs unless I am in love.

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.

The greatest music is made for love, not for money.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on.

I remember when I did 'Live SheckWes, Die SheckWes,' and when I did 'Mo Bamba,' I one-taked those because it came from my heart.

I keep saying to everyone that one day I'll write a love song.

By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy.

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.

Love is the main generator of all good writing... Love, passion, compassion, are all welded together.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].

Writing cannot be done in a state of desirelessness.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.

Write while the heat is in you.

I don't want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me.