Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview.

The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy.

In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.

In pursuing a ‘way, ’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate.

Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret not having left it intact.

The true mark of English conversation is not being able to tell when you've been insulted. I think the more sophisticated society becomes, the more it hides behind the masks it manufactures.

No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.

If you ain't laughing, you ain't living, baby.

I can't do anything quietly anymore.

Connecting with others is rewarding; it makes us feel like we're not alone in the world.

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.

To claim, at a dead party, to have spotted a grackle, When in fact you haven't of late, can do no harm.

Power just goes to two poles — to those who've got money, and those who've got people.