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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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The villains are all parts of me.
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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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Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.
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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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Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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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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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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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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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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