SakeThe jewel which brightly shines at nightIs precious, but cannot measure up To the delights of drinking sake, Drowning one's troubles in the cup. Otomo no Tabito

Invite TranquilityThe sea, --Something to look atWhen we are angry.

The joy of our success can only be validated by the memory of our origin.

Here grew willows and alders, their trunks twisted like giants’ sinews. Around them bark lichen bloomed blue-white in the darkness. It felt like a good place, where there was old magic.

It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore

While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.

The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book.

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.

Sometimes, what is right for you at the beginning of your life is not the right thing for you at the end of your life.

There is an angel within the monkey struggling to get free, and this is what the historical crisis is all about.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.