The first thing you do is teach the person to feel that the vision is very important and nearly impossible. That draws out the drive in the winner.

A mistake is a future benefit, the full value of which is yet to be realized.

We have to keep in practice like musicians. Besides, there are still potentialities to be realized in color film. To us, it's just like bringing up a child. You don't stop after you've had it.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

The first thing you do is teach the person to feel that the vision is very important and nearly impossible. That draws out the drive in the winner.

The present is the past biting into the future.

My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.