My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime.

Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?

I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.

Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else.

That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.