I don’t consider them pictures… In reality I’m not drawing. I’m writing a story with a unique type of symbol.

Osamu Tezuka
  • on manga, cited by Frederik L. Schodt, in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Manga-The-World-Japanese-Comics/dp/1568364768" target="_blank"><em>Manga! Manga!: The World Of Japanese Comics</em></a> (Kodansha USA, 1983)
Other quotes from Osamu Tezuka.