"Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose)."

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It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose.

— Haruki Murakami