“Leo Rubinfein over to ask questions for his book. He asked me what I most regretted, having lived half a century here,… — Donald Richie Ask questions Copy Share Image
“When I started to learn how to read, I discovered the same kind of power. I could create an environment that I… — Donald Richie Actual life Copy Share Image
“What do I want to be when I grow up? An attractive role would be that of the bunjin. He is the… — Donald Richie Art Copy Share Image
“In the same way both Lincoln and the Japanese regard people. These are also a kind of currency. A man is worth… — Donald Richie Japanese Copy Share Image
“As always, so polite that he is at the beginning distant, and yet always determined. This is because he has uses for… — Donald Richie Life Copy Share Image
Midlife crisis begins sometime in your 40s, when you look at your life and think, 'Is this all?' And it ends about… — Donald Richie Crisis Copy Share Image
“What happened was that sometimes I was, from a young age, put in the theater to watch movies because they kept me… — Donald Richie Life Copy Share Image
“Having lived most of my life in the most crowded city in the world, I have become used to this constant physical… — Donald Richie Fitness Copy Share Image
“Late, going home, I pass a group of squatting high schoolers. One of the boys, obviously seeking to impress the girls, says… — Donald Richie High Schoolers Copy Share Image
“In the bath the attitude toward sex is representative. No people have it more firmly in place. They are a bit puritanical… — Donald Richie Japanese Copy Share Image
“Owen is utterly out of whatever closet he may once have been in. Is resident Concerned Gay Medical Personnel, or some such.… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
“Here we would notice that what we would call Japanese aesthetics (in contrast to Western aesthetics) is more concerned with process than… — Donald Richie Beauty Copy Share Image
“As the economy collapses prices remain high. This is, I guess, very Japanese. In some other countries there would be at least… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
“Perhaps more than an American high school, Japan is like an English public school. You are supposed to learn, excel, and win… — Donald Richie High school Copy Share Image
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… — Donald Richie Books Copy Share Image
Poverty and loneliness could be seen as a liberation from strivings to become rich and popular. — Donald Richie Aesthetics Copy Share Image
“In retrospect, the reason for her decision seems evident. Our Noriko, for so many years troubled by the demands of society on… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
“Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.” — Donald Richie Culture Copy Share Image
“It could be said that one of the marks of a truly responsible life is a voluntary death” — Donald Richie Death Copy Share Image
“What I have done is to draw and redraw my portrait in front of the backdrop of Japan. I have exemplified what… — Donald Richie Empty places Copy Share Image
“Fumio to dinner. We look at old photos. I turn up one of [Nakano] Yuji at work—part-time laborer, standing there for forty… — Donald Richie Old man Copy Share Image
