“It could be said that one of the marks of a truly responsible life is a voluntary death” — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
“Leo Rubinfein over to ask questions for his book. He asked me what I most regretted, having lived half a century here, and witnessed… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“When I started to learn how to read, I discovered the same kind of power. I could create an environment that I didn't have,… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“What do I want to be when I grow up? An attractive role would be that of the bunjin. He is the Japanese scholar… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“In the same way both Lincoln and the Japanese regard people. These are also a kind of currency. A man is worth what he… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“As always, so polite that he is at the beginning distant, and yet always determined. This is because he has uses for us all.… — Donald Richie Copy Share
Midlife crisis begins sometime in your 40s, when you look at your life and think, 'Is this all?' And it ends about 10 years… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“What happened was that sometimes I was, from a young age, put in the theater to watch movies because they kept me quiet and… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“Having lived most of my life in the most crowded city in the world, I have become used to this constant physical proximity. Wherever… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“Late, going home, I pass a group of squatting high schoolers. One of the boys, obviously seeking to impress the girls, says that foreigners… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“In the bath the attitude toward sex is representative. No people have it more firmly in place. They are a bit puritanical sometimes, and… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“Owen is utterly out of whatever closet he may once have been in. Is resident Concerned Gay Medical Personnel, or some such. This being… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“Here we would notice that what we would call Japanese aesthetics (in contrast to Western aesthetics) is more concerned with process than with product,… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“As the economy collapses prices remain high. This is, I guess, very Japanese. In some other countries there would be at least a few… — Donald Richie Copy Share
“Perhaps more than an American high school, Japan is like an English public school. You are supposed to learn, excel, and win athletic distinctions—not… — Donald Richie Copy Share
The distinction between East and West is that the Western novel is very organized, it's very logical, there's a logical progression, there's a chronological… — Donald Richie Copy Share
