Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

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 am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

Your body language shapes who you are

A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone else.

The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.

Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

People are deeply imbedded in philosophical, i.e., grammatical confusions. And to free them presupposes pulling them out of the immensely manifold connections they are caught up in.

[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal.

I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.

Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.