This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there.

The ones with no imagination are always the quickest to justify themselves.

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

It might not be perfect, but the fundamental stance I adopted with regard to my home was to accept it, problems and all, because it was something I myself had chosen. If it had problems, these were almost certainly problems that had originated within me.

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.

If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.

So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.