Fear is a belief - beliefs can be changed.

Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.

If you can't change a situation, you can change your attitude toward it.

Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect.

Have the courage to make a mistake.

The bulk of suffering does not stem from 'dreadful' experiences but rather from frightening beliefs.

Let us decorate the world with the flowers of peace, love, and laughter.

I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy.

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days

Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream.

Well, he died. You don't get any older than that.

For as long as I could push air in and out of my chest, I would remember this moment that could never be measured.

Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note.

But even when I do give interviews, I always come across as such a completely different person. It seems like there's no controlling it anyway.

Grave of the Fireflies is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made.

I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game.