I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.

Give up trying to make me give up

forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail

Got to keep thatin mind. I'm a ninja now... I swore I'd never freeze up or run away again... AND I WON'T...!

It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.

...Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies, don't you think?

Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.