To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turning back. And I think that's exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.

In my grandparents' time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere - in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything. My generation does not believe this, but 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.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.