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

When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.

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.

Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

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.

When you watch the subtitled version you are probably missing just as many things. There is a layer and a nuance you're not going to get. Film crosses so many borders these days. Of course it is going to be distorted.

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