A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is.

What is one man's life compared to the eternity of time and space? No more than a snowflake that glitters in the sun for a moment before melting into the flow of time.

Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures.

I can cheat fear today - but won't it return tomorrow? Rather, I must embrace this fear... and find peace in its bosom.

By nature, it's impossible to describe enlightenment! How do you plan on sharing your enlightenment? Hahaha, that's impossible. Wake up! That'll be the end of the world if you ever succeed!

Love all creatures! Love everything that has life!

My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death.

Where there is ignorance, sickness will thrive.

Coincidence doesn't happen a third time.

Now we are living in the age of comics as air

Human beings wear clothing and walk upright, but when you take that away, we're nothing but monkeys.

Have the courage

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.

I spend a lot of my life in back of cars - Oops! I didn't mean that in the way it sounded. Like hence the two kids.

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

I love challenging the status quo.

I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know?

The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.