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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIReality is for people that lack imagination.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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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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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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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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Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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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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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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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don’t make message films.
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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 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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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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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 wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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