Animation has always been about technology. You can't have animation without technology.

We can't worry about competition. Besides, you aren't competing with anyone but yourself. They have nothing to do with whether you make a good movie or not.

For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's fantasy.

This technology will obviously become more prevalent. Who knows what will result? One thing is certain, computer technology will revolutionize the way we tell stories as much as movie film has.

You win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. I had a lot of meetings.

What made 'Ice Age' work is that it had its shiny candy coatings, but inside was a soft, creamy center.

I grew up watching classic animation, and I have always felt that the roots of animation is in fantasy and taking it in places that you can't go, any other way.

Honestly, I don't go out of my way to see animated movies. I'm mostly influenced by.. the films I tend to like are the small films, small personal stories. With characters you can believe.

Our lives are businesses that are sometimes run by idiots.

Through the darkest paths, you can reach the brightest heavens and this marvellous possibility will keep you full of life even in the middle of most horrible utter darknesss!

Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.

I just didn't know how much of this I was capable of. How far this - whatever it was - would actually go before old fears overshadowed the warmth.

You can't have success without trust... especially in businesses that deal with the public.

It is a curious fact that the word essayist showed up in English before it existed in French.

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.

My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.