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

- Stan Sakai

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 'Yo…

- Stan Sakai

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 drama…

- Stan Sakai

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

- Stan Sakai

All my knowledge comes from research.

- Stan Sakai

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese …

- Stan Sakai