"Of all cities..." "I like most of all cities." "I like to consider myself less of a Japanese..." "... thana Tokyoite, the city where l was born." "Tokyo has no nationality." "Especially people of my generation..." "... especiallythosewhowereborn in Tokyo and other urbane areas..." "... havethefeelingofnot belonging to any nation." "I like this feeling..." "... ofbeingindependent." "Why I like Paris?" "How can I say it?" "Because it's kind of..." "... chaoticandnobodycares." "I especially like the air..." "... alwayscool,andthe hardair stings my cheeks." "I like to walk in this air." "When asked which cities I like..." "... IanswerParisand Tokyo." "When I am asked if I like people and how?" "Recently I started to like the weaknesses and defects of people..." "... moreandmore..." "... maybethat'sso calledbeinghuman." "But why I live and work..." "... andtryto expresssomething to people..." "... becauseI wantto tellcertain things to certain people." "But now I'm not sure whether I like those people or not..." "... becauseI feelIcan 'tbe responsible towards people." "That is to say..." "... Ithinkthat,toexpresssomething, you want to be understood." "But sometimes I don't care if nobody understands me." "It's just attached here like this, it might be pretty." "Okay." "That's it." " Thank you." " Thank you." "He was not even a professional soldier." "He was drafted." "He was brought to war, against his will..." "... andhedied." "His friends were taken, for example, prisoners in Siberia." "When I read what they wrote..." "... andI thinkof my fatherwho isdead ..." "... thewaris notfinishedyetinme." "There is no "after war" in me." "I think I am working for them, to express what they could not." "I feel I am given a task to do something for them." "In that sense, what I have been doing is merely accidental." "I feel that I have been pushed along." "When I consider all of those, I most often think that..." "... Iamnotjustfightingformyself ..." "... butthisis thecontinuation of something else." "Let's do this as the top priority." "Make this into the pattern." "This goes like this, then like this." "It definitely need this around here." "It goes like this." "Down to this curved section." "We need this, no matter what." "And this line here..." "This goes double..." "Goes this way..." "This goes round." "It will be folded back, so it needs to be round." "Even if you hold the center, if you let it go, this happens." "It's here." "The center of gravity." "So this goes... here." "It goes here, the neck." "In other words..." "I am not interested in the future..." "... andI don'tbelieveinit." "First of all, I am not trusting the future." "I don't even believe in myself in tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." "I know me, in the present, who is dragging the past..." "... that'sallIknow." "That's all I understand." "To say it nicer, the people in the present are..." "... standingbesideawindow, between the past and the future..." "... andkeepingthebalance and living there." "But in my case..." "... I'veratheralwayswantedtogetolder as quickly as possible..." "... andfinishit all,justasquickly." "For me, what is coming is the end." "I don't feel that something will begin in the future."