Hayao Miyazaki Quotes


When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something.


Citations

Miyazaki, Hayao. Starting Point: 1979-1996. Viz Media, 2009.

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There were very few people who believed that a pistol would have no defensive value then and there are very few today. The advocates of gun control grant its defensive value, but argue that the rise of using a gun is greater than the benefit of the use. Add to that the deaths from suicides and gun accidents which kill more Americans than those who are shot and killed intentionally.


Although written by a science fiction writer, this is one of the best quotations arguing for widespread gun ownership.


Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
  • Born: January 5, 1941
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Animator, Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author, Manga Artist

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.