When you watch the subtitled version you are probably missing just as many things. There is a layer and a nuance you're not going to get. Film crosses so many borders these days. Of course it is going to be distorted.

My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time.

Maybe that's what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child

I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control.

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.

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

In fact, I am a pessimist. But when I'm making a film, I don't want to transfer my pessimism onto children. I keep it at bay. I don't believe that adults should impose their vision of the world on children, children are very much capable of forming their own visions. There's no need to force our own visions onto them.