Super Mario Bros. is equivalent to the Big Bang of our gaming universe. If it were not for this blindingly spectacular creation, digital entertainment as we know it today would not exist.

90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology.

Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. And when you do - pass it on to the future.

I want my games to teach a message about life, by presenting situations where the answer isn't a clear yes or no.

Games are a way of escaping reality - that's why you need heroic factor.

When a man is hit by Friendly Fire, his blood pressure lowers and his morale sinks. I have been hit by Friendly Fire in my heart. Sighs spill from my body instead of blood.

It's not wether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have - that decides the future.

I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' But you cannot eat turtles.

As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations.

The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film

Building the future, and keeping the past alive - are one and the same thing.

That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?

Nobody ever told them they had a right to an opinion.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.

Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong?

I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.

So, when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud, Sweet Hope! celestial influence round me shed Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head.

... true faith never comes without anguish.

If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.

The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness.