Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.
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What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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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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All my films are all my children.
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I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time.
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Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.
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I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it's better that you don't open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.
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I think talent decides everything. More than the method, what's important is the talent using it. There's nothing inherently wrong or right about a method, whether it be pencil drawings or 3-D CG. Pencil drawings don't have to go away, but those who continue to use the medium lack talent. So sadly, it will fade away.
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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. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of 'we have no other choice.' 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.
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I do all my work by storyboard, so as I draw the storyboard, the world gets more and more complex, and as a result, my North, South, East, West directions kind of shift and go off base, but it seems like my staff as well as the audience, doesn't quite realize that this has happened. Don't tell them about it.
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I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.
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Reality is for people that lack imagination.
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Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
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There are so many ships in the animation sea that are computer driven, that I think we can have at least one that's just a log raft that we can row by hand.
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See with eyes unclouded by hate.
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We are not trying to solve the world's problems... However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist.