"Let us remember that the central reality must be sought in the writers work: it is what the writer chose to write, or was compelled to write, that finally matters. And certainly Mishimas carefully premeditated death is part of his work."
Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, short story writer, playwright, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku.
"All my life I have been acutely aware of a contradiction in the very nature of my existence. For forty-five years I struggled to resolve this dilemma by writing plays and novels. The more I wrote, the more I realized mere words were not enough. So I found another form of expression."
Yukio Mishima"As he saw it, there was only one choice — to be strong and upright, or to commit suicide."
Yukio Mishima"Human beings — they go on being born and dying, dying and being born. Its kind of boring, isnt it?"
Yukio Mishima"I received an impassioned letter from Sonoko. There was no doubt that she was truly in love. I felt jealous. Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world as a man who is jealous of the woman who loves him, precisely because of her love?"
Yukio Mishima"There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess."
Yukio Mishima"Just let matters slide. How much better to accept each sweet drop of the honey that was Time, than to stoop to the vulgarity latent in every decision. However grave the matter at hand might be, if one neglected it for long enough, the act of neglect itself would begin to affect the situation, and someone else would emerge as an ally. Such was Count Ayakuras version of political theory."
Yukio Mishima"Today, you are hated throughout the world. If you dont know this, you should. The peoples burn your flag. The Islamic peoples all over the world chant: "Death to America!"
"pity this busy monster, manunkind, not. Progress is a comfortable disease: your victim (death and life safely beyond) plays with the bigness of his littleness"
E. E. Cummings"I believe that the unity of man as opposed to other living things derives from the fact that man is the conscious life of himself. Man is conscious of himself, of his future, which is death, of his smallness, of his impotence; he is aware of others as others; man is in nature, subject to its laws even if he transcends it with his thought."
Erich Fromm"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon..."
"I wasnt offended by the movies content so much as by its nihilism. At a time when the world is in crisis and the country faces an important election, the response of Parker, Stone and company is to sneer at both sides—indeed, at anyone who takes the current world situation seriously. They may be right that some of us are puppets, but theyre wrong that all of us are fools, and dead wrong that it doesnt matter."
"I will re-calculate. Your deaths will be indescribable."
Robot Monster