If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

One last word of advice, though, Mr. Okada, though you may not want to hear this. There are things in this world it is better not to know about. Of course, those are the very things that people most want to know about. It's strange.

The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

It was spring break, so the theater was always packed with high schools students. It was an animal house. I wanted to burn the place down.

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely on the details right in front of you, mind you. You’ve got to look ahead a bit or else you’ll bump into something. You’ve got to conform to the proper order and at the same time keep an eye out for what’s ahead. That’s critical, no matter what you’re doing.