Kenzaburō Ōe - Personal Quotes

2 Sourced Quotes

View all Kenzaburō Ōe Quotes

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.

Kenzaburō Ōe

The fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.

Kenzaburō Ōe