Building the future, and keeping the past alive - are one and the same thing.

I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' But you cannot eat turtles.

As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations.

I was born in Japan and raised in Japan, but those are the only things that make me Japanese, I've grown up reading books from all over.

You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before.

Games are a way of escaping reality - that's why you need heroic factor.

My problem is that whenever I shoot, I do it Bruce Willis "Die Hard" style - in a very cinematic fashion.