Haruki Murakami interview

Asahi.com publishes an interview with Haruki Murakami.

Q: Do you believe in the power of writing?

A: I trust in the power of stories because the story leads me somewhere meaningful.When I start writing, I have no plan. I am blank. I go down into the darkness in myself to find a story. I bring that story into this actual world, and I write it into my fiction. I think that power helped me to live.