their works still resonate with people. It's like they are still…

“People saying things like, I think Kojima has about three more games left in him. And I'm like, no, don't say that.”

“You just can't see them, but you're connected.”

During his creative work, Kojima said he sometimes suffers intense feelings of isolation, stress, and doubt. He is saved by knowing that writers, directors, artists, or other people committed to creating connections exist; their struggles become stories that relieve his loneliness. Likewise, an extraordinary work produced in a faraway country shows him that he can still keep trying.

“I want to die making something.”

“Those kind of movies, even after 10 or 20 years, continue to be loved and even when technology changes, it remains inside of you like DNA.”