Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much
All the wide world is but the husbandry of God for the development of the one fruit-man.
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.
It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
I look back at the past as fond memories but I'm able to move forwards in a new light, like I'm reborn.
People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't. ' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.