„I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.“

— Hayao Miyazaki

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„I believe that children's souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It's just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches down to that level. If I could do that I would die happy.“
— Hayao Miyazaki
„Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.“
— Stephen King
„My children are so rarely happy. I… I would like to see you be an exception.“
— Rick Riordan
„Getting a good education and making good grades no longer ensures success, and nobody seems to have noticed, except our children.“
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
„I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".“
— Hayao Miyazaki