I originally thought I'd be an ordinary business man, but I really like art, so that's how I became a manga artist.

All happiness is built upon small efforts.

You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's good and what's bad. In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control.

Superior strength is a sword that manifests one's will.

It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition.

He's the navigator, he could probably find you a route to Hawaii underwater.

Determination is a treasure of positive energy and secret of success.

The philosophy of this world may be founded on facts, but its business is run on spiritual impressions and atmospheres.

There are only two possibilities. You are either going for your dreams or giving up your dreams. Stretching for what you could be or settling for what you are.

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

I remember pogs and sticky hands. I remember both. I wanted to get into pogs. I remember it was, like, all of a sudden it was here, then gone.

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

I'm most afraid of losing my mind. You lose your identity, your sense of who you are, where you are.