Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIWe get strength and encouragement from watching children.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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I think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
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Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don’t make message films.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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I never read reviews. I’m not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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