“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.

The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.

In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.

Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.

My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.

I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it’s an old system that we can’t control.

Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

Yet once being born there is no turning back.

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

The villains are all parts of me.

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

All my films are all my children.

Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.

I believe that for the most part, achieving success – whatever that is for you – is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.

When I look at young kids today I just don’t believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they’re suicidal. They cannot take the pressure.

The hardest part of living the dream is believing you are.

I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.

We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.