“I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive.”
“Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.”
“Many of my movies have strong female leads- brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe with all their heart. They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.”
“I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those, I can start making a film.”
“My process is thinking, thinking, and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.”
“Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.”
“Life is a winking light in the darkness.”
“I believe that fantasy in the meaning of imagination is very important. We shouldn’t stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind, and of the imagination.”