First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
HAYAO MIYAZAKILogic is using the front part of the brain, that’s all.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
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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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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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I think 2-D animation disappeared from Disney because they made so many uninteresting films.
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You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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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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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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I 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.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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It’s not very pleasant to draw evil figures.
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All my films are all my children.
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Our lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
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I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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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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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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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’ve never studied psychology.
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Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world.
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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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