I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.

Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.' And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making.

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'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".

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.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.