Having nothing to write about

I picked up two nonfiction books Haruki Murakami wrote that I skipped reading in the past. I opened one up to a random page.

When I began my first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, I knew I had no choice but to write about having nothing to write about. That I would somehow have to turn having nothing to write about into a weapon if I was going to move forward as a novelist. Otherwise I would be powerless to stand against the generation of writers who had preceded me. This, I think, is an example of what writing with what you have at hand implies.
– Haruki Murakami, Novelist As A Vocation

I’ve been thinking a lot about how a writer is always complete. They have whatever they need to express what they want to say in the moment. If they feel inadequate, it is because they are trying to express more than they need to.