which side stands Mr. Murakami?

"Always on the side of the egg", Murakami's speech, a great one, courtesy of a fellow blogger. Highlights below:

"…that by telling skillful lies - which is to say, by making up fictions that appear to be true - the novelist can bring a truth out to a new location and shine a new light on it. In most cases, it is virtually impossible to grasp a truth in its original form and depict it accurately. This is why we try to grab its tail by luring the truth from its hiding place, transferring it to a fictional location, and replacing it with a fictional form…"

"Take a moment to think about this. Each of us possesses a tangible, living soul. The System has no such thing. We must not allow The System to exploit us. We must not allow The System to take on a life of its own. The System did not make us: We made The System"

For whom it may concern: you don't need to be a fan of Rage Against The Machine to realize The System Sucks.

Thank you, Mr.Murakami.