Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.
HAYAO MIYAZAKISome people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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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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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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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
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I don’t intentionally make deep movies.
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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 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 make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
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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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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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Life is a winking light in the darkness.
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
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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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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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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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It’s not very pleasant to draw evil figures.
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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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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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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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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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