• Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

    Haruki Murakami: Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.
    "The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami". Interview with Sam Anderson, www.nytimes.com. October 21, 2011.