It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard. Author: Haruki Murakami Copy Quote More from Haruki Murakami “Things cultivated over such a long time don't just vanish into nothingness.” “For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above…” “If you don’t believe in the world, and if there is no love in it, then everythi…” “It was the first time Junko felt a certain "something" as she watched the flame…”