Food Quote by Julie Otsuka

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

“The Japanese have a saying that for every new food we try, we gain seven days of life. I may be immortal by now.”

— Firoozeh Dumas

“I'd been very influenced by what I'd seen in Japan. Part of what I greatly admired there - and part of what we were…

— Walter Isaacson

“We’re committed, as she gets older, to teaching her about her birth culture. And of course she already loves the rice. Actually, it was…

— Celeste Ng

“I don’t know anything about Japanese business or Japanese culture. Apart from sushi.”

— Sophie Kinsella

“Different cultures and all that, but it’s true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative.”

— Donna Tartt

“I had Japanese once. A business man I had run into in New York ... but that's not what he meant.”

— L.M. DeWalt

One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.'

— Alan King

“The basic stupidity of modern Japan is that we’ve learned absolutely nothing from our contact with other Asian peoples.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Not about the Japanese, but about moments of perfection. commit it to memory and make good use of it.”

— Melina Marchetta

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

— Akio Morita

“Hokkaido is cold so soup is very important to us. It gives us warmth and cheers us up. I want to be someone who…

— Natsumi Ando