All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory.

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts.

It is highly important to always know whether your daily thoughts are working for you or against you.

Be perceptive.Be progressive.Be proactive.Be productive.

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.

I know there is a certain amount of negativity I have to deal with.

Let's fight for our happiness by following a daily program of cheerful and constructive thinking.

Old habits eat good intentions for lunch. Change your habits so you can change your outcomes.

You are only here now; you're only alive in this moment.

There is a place where the sidewalk ends.