Reality is for people that lack imagination. Hayao Miyazaki More Quotes by Hayao Miyazaki More Quotes From Hayao Miyazaki Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over. Hayao Miyazaki japan fake modern-life The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless. Hayao Miyazaki evil ideas thinking When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something. Hayao Miyazaki girl jobs men What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly. Hayao Miyazaki endless peace mean 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. Hayao Miyazaki going-away important thinking You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films. Hayao Miyazaki accepted film stories Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air. Hayao Miyazaki airplane air beautiful I managed to work for more than 50 years with just paper, pencils and film. My son's generation and the one coming up after can't work with just paper and pencils any more. I managed to avoid using a computer. I don't even have a cellphone. I feel lucky I managed to live like that. Hayao Miyazaki lucky years son If you're going to retire, retire early. Hayao Miyazaki retiring ifs We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy. Hayao Miyazaki inspiration sometimes needs Humans have both the urge to create and destroy. Hayao Miyazaki urges humans I get inspiration from my everyday life. Hayao Miyazaki everyday-life everyday inspiration The single difference between films for children and films for adults is that in films for children, there is always the option to start again, to create a new beginning. In films for adults, there are no ways to change things. What happened, happened. Hayao Miyazaki new-beginnings differences children 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. Hayao Miyazaki growing-up character thinking The principle I adhere to when directing, is that I make good use of everything my staff creates. Even if they make foregrounds that don't quite fit with my backgrounds, I never waste it and try to find the best use for it. Hayao Miyazaki principles use trying The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult. Hayao Miyazaki weaponry manifestation adults My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time. Hayao Miyazaki stories long thinking I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control. Hayao Miyazaki nuclear plant thinking Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite. Hayao Miyazaki bites cutting stills 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. Hayao Miyazaki successful silly mean
