Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
HAYAO MIYAZAKINo matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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Reality is for people that lack imagination.
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All my films are all my children.
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The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.
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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 intend to work until the day I die.
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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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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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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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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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If you’re going to retire, retire early.
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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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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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