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Leste en artikkel der Haruki Murakamis treningsiver som en del av prosessen ved å skrive en bok ble nevnt. Søkte litt rundt etter intervjuer med ham og fant bl.a. dette i Paris Review. Her snakker han om hvordan han begynte å skrive:

INTERVIEWER

At what age did you become a writer? Was it a surprise to you?

MURAKAMI

When I was twenty-nine years old. Oh yes, it was a surprise. But I got used to it instantly.

INTERVIEWER

Instantly? From the first day of writing you felt comfortable?

MURAKAMI

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream—I was surprised to find it happening. But after a moment, I thought, Yes, it’s happened and I’m a writer; why not? It’s that simple.

Fra Paris Review