Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.

If you're famous, you're not free.

When you feel that life has nothing to offer you, then offer your greatness for the humanity.

The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without belief in the spirit.

It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.

There is a sense in which I am pretty sure this makes no sense. I don't know where this is going. I don't know how it ends.

And brought of mighty ale a large quart.

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.

Long flights give you more time to reflect, look around, experience your surroundings. I got to know the nooks and crannies on Mir very, very well.

I never like seeing myself on screen.

I want the cheesy dates at the movies, the stupid walks at the beach and sharing straws in a cup

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.