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The Principle I Adhere To When Directing, Is That I Make Good Use Of Everything My Staff Creates. Even If They Make Foregrounds That Don't Quite Fit With My Backgrounds, I Never Waste It And Try To Find The Best Use For It.

The Concept Of Portraying Evil And Then Destroying It - I Know This Is Considered Mainstream, But I Think It Is Rotten. This Idea That Whenever Something Evil Happens Someone Particular Can Be Blamed And Punished For It, In Life And In Politics Is Hopeless.

I Do Believe In The Power Of Story. I Believe That Stories Have An Important Role To Play In The Formation Of Human Beings, That They Can Stimulate, Amaze And Inspire Their Listeners.

[on The Future Of Hand-drawn Animation] I'm Actually Not That Worried. I Wouldn't Give Up On It Completely. Once In A While There Are Strange, Rich People Who Like To Invest In Odd Things. You're Going To Have People In The Corners Of Garages Making Cartoons To Please Themselves. And I'm More Interested In Those People Than I Am In Big Business.

I Intend To Work Until The Day I Die. I Retired From Feature-length Films But Not From Animation. Self-indulgent Animation. It's Nice That I Have The Mini-theater In The Museum. Most Of The Museum Visitors Attend The Mini-theater Screenings And We've Never Had A Complaint About The Quality Of The Films. I'd Like To Continue To Make Films That Leave The Audience Satisfied, But I Also Think It's Pointless Unless I Offer Them The Kind Of Animation They Can't Get Anywhere Else. They're Fun To Do. They're Short So It's Less Stressful.