When Ando arrives in the studio, he picks up his pen even before he gets a cup of tea, and he stays seated until the very last train at night. He hardly eats, just nibbles at little balls of rice at his desk. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
People who draw tend to think they’re craftsmen, so they really want to hang onto their pens and papers, but it’s not terribly productive. To be honest with you, it’s faster and easier to start with the computer. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
My life has had a lot of fun moments, but I tend to feel sadness more often. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
When I was young as a teenager, that was the biggest mystery in the world to me: Why don’t people connect? Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
There are loads of novels that I really love, like Haruki Murakami’s books, and when I read them, I do think about how they would work as an anime. But I do believe that those are great books because they work best as novels, or great manga work best in that form. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
When I made ‘Voices of a Distant Star,’ I wanted to make money from making that movie, of course, but that wasn’t my major reason. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
In daily or everyday life, I am so impressed with tiny details, like when I look up at a street lamp falling on the street, it seems to have meaning or so much information in it. Makoto Shinkai Read Quote
