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.

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.

I was going to tell you that you look beautiful with your hair down. That's all I was going to say.

Exercising your talents, passion, sense of judgment, and making a difference while doing something you love is the essence of life.

To be lied about, to be slandered, to be smeared so publicly, and before your family that you love, is very painful.

I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.

Why choose to be right instead of happy when there is no way to be right?

You feel pressured to do what you think the public wants, when in actuality the sales aren't reflecting what the radio is doing. Not in the least bit!

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information.

God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business!