“Of course I have my sons, to whom I'm connected, but I can't really rely on anyone, actually. That's why I'm creating things, because I can't rely on people, in a way.”
Kojima said in 2019 that, although he has his sons and is connected to them, he actually cannot rely on anyone, and that is why he is creating things: because he cannot rely on people, in a way.
“Yet contrary to his sunny demeanour, he embraces the cliche of the isolated creator.”