I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way.

No matter how far apart we are, don't forget that we're still under the same sky, both traveling to the place we once dreamed of.

I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.

I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.

Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days

I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it

If you are afraid of changes Watch from a distance Whether or not I might do something If you're going to talk about me behind my back It is what it is.

I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.

Jobs suck, but when you work on your passion, it is never a job, no matter how hard and how long you have to work.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

Where envy is unavoidable it must be used as a stimulus to one’s own efforts, not to the thwarting of the efforts of rivals.

If zipper catches skin, I'll know I had it out when I should a kept it in.

I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.

Physicians are the cobblers, rather the botchers, of men's bodies; as the one patches our tattered clothes, so the other solders our diseased flesh.

We are to be strong in faith, and soft in love.

Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

The Bible is wonderful. It's only one book, but you can put two grams of coke on top of the Bible, and you first take a line of coke and then you open the Bible. Because then you understand.