A hearts a heavy burden – Sophie Hatter.
I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
Today, all of humanity’s dreams are cursed somehow. Beautiful yet cursed dreams.
Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.
A veces creo que los dioses se burlan de nosotros.
There’s an old saying, ‘Look not into the heart of the Ohmu.’ They say if you do, you’ll never come back...
Maybe there was a time when you could make films that mattered, but now?
In my grandparents’ time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere... in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything... I like the idea that we should all treasure everything because spirits might exist there, and we should treasure everything because there is a kind of life to everything.
I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
No puedo quedarme sentado en mi escritorio. Las ideas vienen de lo inesperado.
I can feel it everyday, the limit of my ability.
Extinction has long since become a part of our lives.
Once you’ve met someone you really never forget them; it just takes a while for your memory to return.
Of course I believe that other world exists. If they didn’t life wouldn’t be interesting. It’s like love: you can’t see but it exists-simply because you believe it. It’s just a matter of believing.
Basically, I think I just want them to know that the world is deep and filled with variety. That there are infinite possibilities in the world they live in and that they are a part of this world. Perhaps it’s enough just to say that the world is rich and precious and that they hold it in their hands. I honestly made this film just wanting to tell these young girls, “Don’t worry, you can make it all right.
Every life-form, no matter how small, contains the outside universe within it’s internal universe.
I have a strong desire to be liberated from being tied down to reality.
If I were asked my view, in a nutshell, of what animation is, I would say it is “what ever I want to create”.
No, you can just paint me walking into shadows.
To die with something to live for.