Oe: In last evening's edition of the Asahi Shimbun, there was an article about how a translation of a work by the novelist Murakami Haruki is being read widely in New York. ... I think that has a certain effect on how writers view their work, where they go for material to feed their imaginations.
――東京外国語大学 前期日程 (2月25日実施)――2005年