I managed to work for more than 50 years with just paper, pencils and film. My son's generation and the one coming up after can't work with just paper and pencils any more. I managed to avoid using a computer. I don't even have a cellphone. I feel lucky I managed to live like that.

Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what's good or bad for you.

I like underwater life.

I've never studied psychology.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".

But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.