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.

I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call mother in the process of being born... in order to become the world's strongest shinobi... an incarnation of sand was implanted inside of me.

Faster than the devil *times* Sharper than wind! That's the ultimate law of the hero!!

Sakura: Never figured you for the artistic type. Sai: Looks can be decieving.

So that's it? Your just going to give up?! After everything that has happened, your not going to even try?! You still don't know..... what truly matters.

If that is what this world is, what humans are... There is no future. Understanding and faith... If you take those away, all that's left is fear. I can't accept immoral methods or giving up.

The most important talent for a shinobi is not the numberof jutsu. The important thing is... HAVING THE GUTS TO NEVER GIVE UP.