The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.

I've translated a lot of American literature into Japanese, and I think that what makes a good translator is, above all, a feel for language and also a great affection for the work you're translating. If one of those elements is missing the translation won't be worth much.

You've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically, you gotta go with what you think is right.

Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system

What’s more, you’re loads better than you think you are.” “So why is it I get to thinking that way?” I puzzled. “That’s because you’re only half-living.” she said briskly. “The other half is still untapped somewhere.

It is sometimes necessary for each person. Fill up with delicious food, get drunk, sing loudly and chat frivolously.

What matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time and the last.