William Gibson Quotes

I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.

I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.

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

I love Japan; it's very special.

One of the things that slaps you in the face when you arrive in Japan is their obsession with everything cute.

Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.

Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

I celebrated my 18th birthday in Japan, which was quite memorable; I was quite fascinated by the different traditions and the culture; it was so completely different to Australian culture.

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.

Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction.

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.

I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

Japan is not a land where men need pray / For 'tis itself divine

I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was reading manga, and I read 'Death Note' in real time in Japanese.

I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.

I believe the enthusiasm to BABYMETAL is universal.

It's no secret that I love the country, and Japan has always felt like a second home to me.

I really still enjoy Japan. I love going to New Japan. It's great.

The Japanese people and their country left a huge impression on my wife and I, and we found it difficult to say goodbye before moving back to South America.

I've been to Tokyo-slash-Japan - we actually went to Yokohama in 2015 and 2013 for international competitions. I think that it would be really nice to go back and do a little Olympic thing there.

A lot of my personality and my affinity for certain pieces of pop culture and art all stem from a sort of Japanese aesthetic and way of thinking.

Norway, for some reason, I find Norway really fascinating, you really feel nature in that country. And then there is somewhere like Japan, which is the most interesting culturally because their whole psychology, how they think is so different to us and how I've grown up.