Stan Sakai Quotations

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.

I make my own limits which are drawn according to my own taste.

Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population.

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.

Most of my female characters tend to be very strong characters.

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.

It's translated into about a dozen languages, ... but there has never been an American comic book that has made a dent in the Japanese market.

He's matured as a warrior and a person, I've matured, too.

I do everything myself except coloring for the covers.

All my knowledge comes from research.

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.