Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.

The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.

Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.

I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but for me, at least, there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.

Who you think you are is only a thought.

If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.

The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Always remember: Power in the wrong hands can destroy the owner. The same power that gave victory to Samson is what destroyed him.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

Something larger is happening than just going to heaven.

We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.

From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.

After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.

Happiness does not depend on your circumstances; it depends on your will. It's a choice that you make.

Science is the discovery of how God does things.

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.

The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private investment.