Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II.

The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor, it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.

It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear. I seek a society non-reliant on nuclear energy, a society that can do without nuclear energy, and Japan can prove a role model. It’s possible.

Given the reality of limited time and resources, best practices provide a valuable, low risk, default starting point.

Let your dreams be as litmitless as the circumference of the entire universe. The police service does not prosecute people who over-dream. Never nail yourself to the narrow cross. Dream big!

Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.

Maybe misery begins everywhere.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk tomorrow's senior partner.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own but they probably are.

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

Fame, the sovereign deity of proud ambition.

It's all a terrible tragedy. And yet, in it's details, it's great fun. And - apart from the tragedy - I've never felt happier or better in my life than in those days in Belgium.