“I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.”

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.

The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.

There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

Engineers turn dreams into reality.

Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.

See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”

I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.

I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.

Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.

You always have to appeal to your audience.

If you’re going to retire, retire early.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.

I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.

I cannot imagine a more perfect guide to such a rich trove of ancient and modern memories. Illuminating, erudite, entertaining, and evocative.

We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.

It’s modern-day slavery.