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

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

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.

I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it's better that you don't open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.

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

What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

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