Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

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.

Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.

It's sometimes hard to know who's choosing whom - the poem, the song, or the writer.

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

Imperceptibly, more time passes when I'm not remembering our every moment together, not recreating our every conversation, re-imagining our love-making. It is immeasurably sad.

Chaos is not dangerous until it begins to look orderly.

I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.

When I'm playing somebody, their wardrobe, for me, is completely transformative. You just step into who that person is with that.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.