We have no choice but to start out in a world where influenza is prevalent. —— Hayao Miyazaki on "On Your Mark"

We use drugs, sports competitions or religion to escape attention to reality. —— Hayao Miyazaki on "On Your Mark"

Even in the midst of hatred and killing, there is still something worth living for. A beautiful encounter, or the existence of something beautiful. We describe hatred in order to describe something more important. We describe the curse in order to describe the joy of liberation. ——"Princess Mononoke" Project Book

Mongolians live on grass. Various creatures eat grass, and then people obtain salt, meat and skin from the creatures. The corpses of dead creatures also return to other creatures and to the soil, thereby nourishing the grass. Mongolians survive in this huge food chain and life cycle system, and they also see their own existence. Compared with their spiritual life, how poor is our current spiritual life? ——Miyazaki Hayao on "Princess Mononoke" ("Japan Digest")

When I decided to become an animator, I was determined not to plagiarize anyone. Our children are born into a world of AIDS and drugs and who knows what else. Even if the world's population reaches 10 billion, we will still survive - we may be restless, struggling, screaming, but we will still be alive.

When I started working on Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, my point of view was one of extinction; when it ended, my point of view was one of survival. People can't be too arrogant. We have to realize that we are just one small species among many species on this planet. If we want humanity to survive another thousand years, we must create an environment for it now. That's exactly what we're trying to do.

Hayao Miyazaki talks about the current education in Japan: There was a kitten that did not grow up next to its mother cat. When it grew up, it also gave birth to kittens. As soon as the kitten crawled out of the nest, it nervously The child took it back. Gradually, the kitten's range of activities became wider and wider, but it still found a way to take them back. In the end, the kitten didn't listen to it at all. It went crazy and ran wildly in the house to death. (Excerpted from "Starting Point: The Future of the Country - A Conversation between Hayao Miyazaki and Tetsuya Tsukushi")

"This is an adventure story without weapons and superpowers. It does not describe justice and evil. The struggle is about how to survive in a society where good and evil are intertwined. She learns human friendship and uses her own wisdom. In the end, Chihiro returns to human society, but this is not because she completely defeated the evil forces, but because she discovered the truth. Because of the vitality contained in itself. Today’s Japanese society is becoming more and more ambiguous, and it is difficult to distinguish between likes and dislikes. Using characters in the animated world to tell the reasons and power of life is what I considered when making the film.”——(“ "Spirited Away" Hayao Miyazaki)

"This is really a shame for Japan" ------- Hayao Miyazaki's views on former Prime Minister Taro Aso's mispronunciation of Chinese characters (Taro Aso once vigorously promoted The fact that he and Hayao Miyazaki are college classmates, but Hayao Miyazaki actually doesn’t think highly of him)