Sublime

Tant que je parvenais à vivre ma vie quotidienne en sorte que chacun de mes ouvrages soit en progrès sur le précédent, mes lecteurs accepteraient volontiers la vie que je m’étais choisie – quelle qu’elle soit. N’était-ce pas mon obligation, en tant que romancier, et la plus haute de mes priorités ? Mon opinion à ce sujet n’a pas changé au cours des

I never had any ambitions to be a novelist. I just had this strong desire to write a novel. No concrete image of what I wanted to write about, just the conviction that if I wrote it now I could come up with something that I’d find convincing. When I thought about sitting down at my desk at home and setting out to write I realized I didn’t even own

“Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “No, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato were as different as Mel Tormé and Bing Crosby. In any case, things were a lot simpler in the old days,” Komatsu said. “Wouldn’t it be fun to imagine reason, will, and desire engaged in a fierce debate around a table?” “I’ve

“Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m the only one here. The two

Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”

through the act of writing I wanted to sort out what kind of life I’ve led,

all the habits I’ve acquired over my lifetime I’d have to say this one has been the most helpful, the most meaningful.

It doesn’t matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.