“So when I drive, I get into accidents. Because I'm too distracted by my thoughts. […] I try to avoid driving whenever possible.”
To a listener who mentioned thinking in the bath, Kojima responded with his map of ideas: thinking in the bath is not something he does well — it’s too hot and he gets in and out in about five minutes; he thinks 24 hours, but ideas come to him with things that have rhythm, like walking, the train (when he spent a lot of time on it), buses and vehicles with a steady cadence. As a practical consequence, when he drives he gets into accidents because his thoughts distract him, so he tries to avoid driving whenever possible.
“Thinking in the bath, I'm not very good at that, it's just too hot. […] ideas usually come to me when I'm doing something with rhythm, like going on a walk, or riding the train […] Vehicles like trains or cars or buses, places that have a steady rhythm, are good.”