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  • 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.

    "Hayao Miyazaki: Governors Award Recipient Says ‘I Intend to Work Until the Day I Die’". Interview with Mark Schilling, variety.com. November 7, 2014.