Hayao Miyazaki Quotations

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.

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

The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.

I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.

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.

When I say I get inspiration from my real life, I think of my real life as extending about 300 meters radius around me. So what I see in that area is what inspires me.

Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about.

In fact, I am a pessimist. But when I'm making a film, I don't want to transfer my pessimism onto children. I keep it at bay. I don't believe that adults should impose their vision of the world on children, children are very much capable of forming their own visions. There's no need to force our own visions onto them.

I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.

You never know how a film will play, whether it will be successful or not, or whether it will touch the audience. I always said to myself that whatever happens, big audience or small, that I would not let the results have an impact on my way of working. But it would be a bit silly for me to change my methods when I have a big success. That means my methods work well.