Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

I like underwater life.

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.

Life is a winking light in the darkness.

The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go.

The future is a great land.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.

It's so unfair that we should die, just because we are born.

Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength.

Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

You must have absolute faith in your own perceptions of truth. Never act in haste or hurry; be deliberated in everything; wait until you know the true way.