My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.

You just realize that you can't turn a lefthand corner in a right posture without exposing some part of your body, and so it was really me just noticing the exposure I had, and it made me start doing and practicing the switching.

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

I think we're living in a world where society is very difficult.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.