The dance of darkness must spout blood into the air, in the name of the experience of evil

Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet

Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here.

There are as many types of Butoh as there are Butoh choreographers.

Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.

I would hear him screaming, I would watch him bleed, I would tear his flesh piece by piece before I would worry about Æthelflaed. This was family. This was revenge.

Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...

I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

Your life is a blank page. You write on it.

The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents . . .

Devils may be nothing but beings intent on their purpose, which now happens to collide with yours.

I'm a fan myself, so I try to write the kind of comics I want to read.

We do not know the laws of God, nor their working.