You were the leaves, basking in the sunlight. I was the root, growing in the darkness ~Danzo
Masashi KishimotoI 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.
Masashi KishimotoWhen I look up to the sky between the narrow roofs, it reminds me of you, the one who is far, far away.
Masashi KishimotoI like the way Quentin Tarantino creates a scene using a series of close-ups or showing very cool images of a person or people walking on some ordinary street in slow motion. I wish I could achieve that kind of slow-motion effect in manga, but it's rather difficult to draw; the only things we can play with are tones of black and white.
Masashi Kishimoto