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

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.

Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.

Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.

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.

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.