The most beautiful thing that I learned, I learned from my kids. They were eight and ten - and they were playing… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“Directly beneath the Lotus Pond of Paradise lay the lower depths of Hell, and as He peered through the crystalline waters, He… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
When it comes to influences, we are influenced not just by Japanese and overseas metal acts, but J-pop acts too. One Japanese… — Suzuka Nakamoto Copy Share Image
“Imagine what I could have done in ten years. I could have learned to speak Japanese. I could have played every RPG… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father fought behind Japanese lines in the second world war and it traumatised him. Everybody who knew him from before said… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except,… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that… — Leonard Lauder Copy Share Image
Japanese animation tends to need high budgets. If I have a high budget for a movie, I usually make animation, but if… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
Japanese horror films take the business of being frightening seriously. There is no attempt at postmodernism or humour. They are incredibly melancholy,… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
“His smiling face revealed a love too strong to be kept inside, but the feelings obviously rising inside him kept him from… — Haruo Shirane Copy Share Image
“By the beginning of March, enough of Iwo Jima was controlled that landings and take-offs could be maintained without fear of suicide… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
The first day in Tokyo was disorientating - all neon, gadgets and extreme politeness - but I was surprised to find that… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
“Otaku is a label applied to and adopted by those people who build a culture around anime, manga, videotapes and videogames. Their… — Patrick W. Galbraith Copy Share Image
When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
“Dad says there are more than three thousand letters in the Japanese alphabet, which could pose a problem. There are only twenty-six… — Rin Chupeco Copy Share Image
“...two different kinds of Japanese psychotherapies, one based on getting people to stop using feelings as an excuse for their actions and… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is you're eating.… — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
I am worried that young Japanese people are not very curious about the outside world - which is so different to the… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
“I started to speak to him in his native tongue, "why would you want to sit with me?" He pressed his lips… — Rebecca Maizel Copy Share Image
I brought in two genius guys from Korea. Guys who did my favorite movies like Oldboy and The Man from Nowhere. It… — Ryuhei Kitamura Copy Share Image
“Despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Japan functions on the basis of everyone sharing certain assumptions, where each person knows his part in a larger whole. The foreigner… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It is often said that the Japanese are extremely clean at home, or inside any house or office, but dirty and untidy… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
“Great art projects a sense of inexhaustibility. In literature, particularly in poetry, this may be accomplished through ambiguity: Beneath each and every… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“Although Swedish is one of the few languages on this Earth that I enjoy the sound of. That and Japanese. French is… — Caspar Vega Copy Share Image
One evening, Mike Myers and Steven Spielberg were discussing 'Goldmember,' and I just happened to joke, 'If you need a Japanese character,… — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
We were worried at first that our music and message wouldn't get across because we were singing in Japanese. But as we… — Yui Mizuno Copy Share Image
“Isle of Guernsey, meanwhile, was responsible for picking Flying Officer Ken Newton out of the sea. Newton was an RAF pilot who… — Joshua Levine Copy Share Image
I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help… — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
“: My flatmate is addicted to Japanese Cartoons. I can feel neurons dying every time it turns on the TV. : It?… — Aldous Mercer Copy Share Image
“The steeper angle of a true dive bombing run (about 70 degrees) was far less vulnerable to flak and far more accurate.… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image