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 MIYAZAKII find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.
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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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I intend to work until the day I die.
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The villains are all parts of me.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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Problems begin the moment we’re born. We’re born with infinite possibilities, only to give up on one after another. To choose one thing means to give up another. That’s inevitable. But what can you do? That’s what it is to live.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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I think 2-D animation disappeared from Disney because they made so many uninteresting films.
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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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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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Our lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
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