Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

I have absurdly vivid dreams.

The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.

People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

Tarot is just stories on cards.

Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

I don't think there's anything wrong being a dreamer.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

The trodden path is the safest.

Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.

I've learned that to survive, you need a positive state of mind.

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.

I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish.

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

The best revenge is the massive success.

At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.

Never let go of the people that you love, because without them, what else have you got?