More fundamentally, I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

Dunn, Adam. "In the land of memory: Kazuo Ishiguro remembers when" cnn. com Book News. 27 Oct. 2000 (archived from the original on 2001-06-25).