Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.

Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.

I’m not a big fan of Halloween. Except for the dressing up part. I love picking out a costume. - Tory

The devil is the god of this planet and he does anything he wants to the people therein

Wouldn’t you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be?

I'm a spy, Cam. I was born to do this- to be this. It's in my blood. And I will do it until the day I die. It's who I am... The thing is I don't think you realise is... it's who you are too.

When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.

I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot.

Good books are the warehouses of ideas.

I don't have the power to issue papal decrees.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?

Politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.