Japanamerica Quotes

“Nostalgia is often a mask for rage. The intensity with which we yearn for a lost world is frequently proportionate to the discomfort we feel in our own.”
― Roland Kelts, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

“In America, if you succeed, you get sued. If nobody is suing you in America, you haven’t made it there.”
― Roland Kelts, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

“It’s kind of a stoic life, to survive strictly on your obsessions. It’s also kind of religious, sometimes. You could say that it’s a kind of postmodernist view—to survive a meaningless life strictly on your tastes in things, your styles.”
― Roland Kelts, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.