Hayao Miyazaki
- Pitching the proposal for Princess Mononoke (1997)
Even in the middle of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thing can exist. We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. What we should depict is how the boy understands the girl, and the process in which the girl opens her heart to the boy. At the end, the girl will say to the boy, "I love you. But I cannot forgive humans."
Hayao Miyazaki
- Old woman to Ashitaka - Princess Mononoke
You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.
