The villains are all parts of me.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThere are all kinds of values within the films but I don’t make message films.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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I get inspiration from my everyday life.
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We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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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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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.
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You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.
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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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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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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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