Kojima says one must live with one’s receptive antennae out and…

“When I see movies and get ideas, usually just talking to people, eating or walking, or maybe I'm in a bath, I come up with these ideas. So it's almost like a disease, I call it. Even when I'm talking with my family, in my head, I'm in a totally different world.”

“I think that creating things is a means to say goodbye to your past self, so I think what you're saying is exactly right.”

“When I'm creating something, I kind of have two personalities, like a left-brain person and a right-brain person.”

“It's almost like a disease. I'm imagining things all the time. Even when I'm talking to my family, in my head I'm in a totally different world.”

“It's limitless and you never get bored of it. It's irresistible fun.”