I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIWe depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
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Problems begin the moment we’re born. We’re born with infinite possibilities, only to give up on one after another. To choose one thing means to give up another. That’s inevitable. But what can you do? That’s what it is to live.
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Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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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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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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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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We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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