Death isn't sad. There's nothing sad about it. Living a shitty life, that's sad.

I only have control over one person and that’s myself. And I feel good about it.

But psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.

We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames

The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.

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.

My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.