Yoshitaka Amano, the 56-year-old illustrator of the earliest Final Fantasy video games, says he is afraid of ghosts - not only that, he even saw one recently.
'I live with my wife and her mother,' the Japanese artist explains.
'My mother-in-law was in hospital at the time, but one morning, as I was coming downstairs, I saw her walking into another room.
'Ten minutes later, she came through the front door, and I'm still wondering what it was I saw.'
What Amano sees is a question many people will be asking if they view his gorgeous new acrylic and ink paintings, which are on exhibition at Sheung Wan's Art Statements Gallery until October 10.
In 2000, Amano became an international household name when he illustrated Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters, part of the highly-acclaimed Sandman graphic novel series. Amano's main character, fashioned after David Bowie, helped the novel win Best Comics-Related Book at the Eisner Awards.
Over a career spanning 40 years, Amano says he has arrived at a simple formula for success: know what it is you really want to do, then do it, and don't think so much about what happens a month from now.