Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."
-Hayao Miyazaki

"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

"But it is far too late for me to try it."
-Hayao Miyazaki

"I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators."
-Hayao Miyazaki

"Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same."
-Hayao Miyazaki

"The 21st century is a complex and unforeseeable epoch. Our thinking habits and our values, which until now looked settled, are being challenged."
-Hayao Miyazaki

"Characters are pictured very simply in Moebius' drawings, yet they have a sort of atmosphere around them. And the characters themselves exhale all kinds of things, notably solitude and a great nobleness. For me, it is the greatest quality of Moebius' drawings."
-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