Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
HAYAO MIYAZAKICut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIIs someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIReality is for people that lack imagination.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
HAYAO MIYAZAKISometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
HAYAO MIYAZAKIAirplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIIn order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIPeople in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThere has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII get inspiration from my everyday life.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYou may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIProblems 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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI