Design Quote by Pharrell Williams

It's true that I pick up many ideas from different Japanese things.

— Takashi Murakami

Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew.

— John Foster

“Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond “awesome” and “sucks”, which for a vast range of human endeavour, actually,…

— Thomas Pynchon

It has often been said that [...] the Japanese [are] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch.

— Robert Reed

“It’s strange, but when I have to speak in front of an audience, I find it more comfortable to use my far-from-perfect English than…

— Haruki Murakami

I've always been inspired by Japanese style.

— Rihanna

Nobody says anything to me now when it comes to Japanese. They actually ask me things. I now have power!

— Seungri

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese…

— Janis Ian

Increasingly, corporate executives who don't speak Japanese are coming into Japan. Unlike their predecessors, they expect their employees to be able to communicate in…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling…

— Haruki Murakami

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture.

— Matthew Moy

I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.

— Paul Auster