“To talk of prayer after admitting he professed no faith was, in my opinion, a breach of common courtesy. In this sense, he did make a social blunder, for which I think he well deserved some minor castigation.” ThinkingWellsSocialPrayerCommonOpinionMinorsCourtesyAdmittingBlundersBreachCommon Courtesy Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“I don't think young people need to see the face of the deceased.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFacesYoungDeceased Book:A Quiet Life Source: A Quiet Life
“I think, we can only write very personal matters through our experience. When I named my first novel about my son "A Personal Matter," I believe I knew the most important thing: there is not any personal matter; we must find the link between ourselves, our "personal matter," and society.” ThinkingWritingFirstsBelieveImportantMatterI BelieveNovelSonImportant ThingsMy SonLinksPersonal Matter Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“I think I am doing my works to link myself, my family, with society — with the cosmos. To link me with my family to the cosmos, that is easy, because all literature has some mystic tendency. So when we write about our family, we can link ourselves to the cosmos.” ThinkingWritingLiteratureEasyMy FamilyTendenciesOur FamilyCosmosLinksMystic Author:Kenzaburo Oe
