“The first I paid to see with my own money was 'Laputa Castle In The Sk...” — Makoto Shinkai Quote

“The first I paid to see with my own money was 'Laputa Castle In The Sky.' And I was like, wow! I really shocked by it. So I want to make movies that have a similar impact on the audience to that.”

“Some people say, 'Well you're a man; how do you write about women or girls when you don't know about them?' Well, I've got my imagination, and I can write about women. Yes, I'll never be pregnant and give birth to children, but I can imagine a bit of what it's like. When you create characters, it's just about making them really real to people.”

“Whitstable Castle has some lovely gardens that are certainly worth a look.”

“Television doesn't get any better than the second episode of 'Castle.'”

“I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.”