178 Quotes by Hayao Miyazaki

Chihiro, huh? Her real name’s Chihiro? Can’t beat the power of love.

What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans. And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!

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.

I don’t intentionally make deep movies.

I’ve never studied psychology.

I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.

I’d like to see Manhattan underwater. I’d like to see when the human population plummets and there are no more high rises, because nobody’s buying them. I’m excited about that. Money and desire – all that is going to collapse, and wild green grasses are going to take over.

I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.