My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.
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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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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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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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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.
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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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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
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Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.
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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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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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