When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.

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.

sometimes we have absolutely no idea where we are, we need the smallest clue to show us where to begin.

Karma and Hell are the cowards revenge

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library."

Your day is your week is your month is your year.

How can I turn from Africa and live?

I do not love the sea. The look of it is disquieting. There is something in the very sound of it that stirs the premonition felt while we listen to noble music; we become inexplicably troubled.

Meaningful truths are never newly discovered; they're just uncovered anew.

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.