If there is anything you can do, it may just be to smile for them. Because when you smile, the world seems just a little kinder. For you to just be yourself is a very important thing, I think.

We shall go wild with fireworks...And they will plunge into the sky and shatter the darkness. We don't have any fireworks that big

I want to believe that memories, even sad and painful ones, should not be forgotten forever.

Ayame: This concludes my wonderful story. Kyo Sohma: You mean stupid!

[Kagura is doing laundry and tries to wring out Kyou's shirt, causing it to rip in two] Kyo Sohma: Tell me what I think just happened didn't just happen! Kagura: My love! Kyo Sohma: My shirt!

Don't get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you're wishing for.

When someone else accepts you, that's when you begin to see yourself - through THEIR eyes - and you begin to realize that there may actually be many qualities to like about yourself.

Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.

You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)

That's why I won't give up! I'll continue to move forward because I believe!

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.

It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

For me, the most important word in cinema is the word freedom. For example, in Europe, we've got freedom, we've got the final cut and that's something which is marvellous.

While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.

I think people have a vague sense that the television system is changing.

We exist within the question of God.