Junji Ito > Quotes

“I am a horror maniac who prefers to stay at home.”
― Junji Ito

“Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals.”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

“Kirie, did you know that female mosquitoes are the only ones who suck blood? And only when they're carrying a batch of eggs. They need the blood so their eggs will develop and...”
― Junji Ito, うずまき [Uzumaki]

“Come on! What's so precious about a monster?”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“A fiendish love... an unearthly love... those who feel such a love are numbed to their very souls by this mysterious pleasure while they struggle with endless frustration, censured by the pangs of conscience of their boundless crime”
― Junji Ito, Venus in the Blind Spot

“Get rid of this bozo!!”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals.”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki

“My daughter sees men as little more than adornments. Her only real interest is in herself. She wants to be desired, to see how far she can lean men. Is not that she wants their love. Just a boost to her ego. That's all she cares about.”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“That night, I ate... the meat of a snail person.”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki

“The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!”
― Junji Ito, 伊藤潤二の猫日記よん&むー [Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu]

“Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.
Everything passes.”
― Junji Ito

“I realized at that moment that there are some whose dread of human beings is so morbid they yearn to see monsters of ever more horrible shapes.”
― Junji Ito, No Longer Human

“Come on! What's so precious about a monster?" - Tomie, "Basement”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“It was love at first sight. One look, and I knew... I'd do anything for her.”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“When I die... bury me somewhere secluded. I must never be found.”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“What are you doing here? And… and in such a small waste-basket…”
― Junji Ito, Tomie

“I'm sure if Yonsuke was there to see, he would meow with his eyes wide and rub against us, wondering what could make two adults behave like that. He would be helping us feel better by telling us not to cry, because it was annoying him.”
― Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

“Los remolinos son capaces de absorber cosas... y las espirales, representaciones gráficas de este fenómeno, tienen el poder de atraer misteriosamente la mirada de la gente...”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki