“Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.”

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.

There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

Engineers turn dreams into reality.

Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.

See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”

I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.

I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.

Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.

I never fit in with my peer group. I never hung out with kids my age – I always wanted to hang out with my mom and her girlfriends.

It’s paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.

I’m over 30 now, but I didn’t expect to be here.

Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I’m very medical. I come from a medical family.

I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.

I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.

We eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables.. You are what you eat, you know. When I’m 100 I’ll still be doing pin-ups.