“This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.”

“Christmas is good news in a world of bad news. This was so on the first Christmas and on Christmas 1959 … Christmas brings hope to a dark world.”

“But sometimes normal just isn't happening. Sometimes crazy feels too good to resist.”

“Don't give up before the miracle happens.”

“I believe in me, in my view of the world. I believe in my responsibility for my own destiny, guilt for my own sins, merit for my own good deeds, determination of my own life. I don't believe in miracles, I believe in hard work.”

“Miracle: The miracle exists on earth, not in the skies. Truly walking the Noble Path as explored and taught by the Buddha would change our whole life for better. This is the way to bring a real miracle in the suffering world.”

“…You'll never find someone calling A Softer World good natured. I don't think we do a completely bleak comic, but good natured just isn't a way you could ever describe it. Or my novels. Not the way I want.”

“Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed.”

“I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.”

“Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.”