I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

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.

You did a politics project on a government that got overthrown on the due date? Man, did anybody ever tell you you've got no luck?""I suspected it, " said Raymond ironically.

There are things we do that the human mind doesn't understand, yet the same things are meant for the heart to fully comprehend.

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of another.

The most rational defender of nature is driven by a passion for wildness that cannot be explained by an appeal to logic.

The capability of human life is beyond our imagination. What counts is the human capacity to investigate and transform our own mind and the world around us in a powerful and positive direction.

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.

Religion is nothing but a science to attain wisdom, understanding, to know what life is, and to live it in utter celebration.

First you must have the images, then come the words.

Christmas is telling time-wondering time. Wonder enough about it, and you'll know, and you'll tell about it.