I don't need to try to push everyone out of the way and say, "This is how you do it. I actually like not knowing. I trust every lead.

No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.

I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

I'm not really a horror movie fan.

There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.

I worked in the story department for years, on Cars and Toy Story 3.

I started at Pixar the month Monsters Inc. came out.

I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if you want to see too much.

A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need.

I don't even know how computer animation works, honestly, and I don't need to.

We think that comfort and convenience will bring happiness and forget that only love can do that.

...the higher the expectations about unselected alternatives, the lower the level of satisfaction with the chosen good.

Do you think that your life deserves bigger and better things in abundance? If yes, why then are you still holding yourself back from receiving your blessings?

During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends.

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!

I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be.

Unfortunately [René] Lévesque had so little self confidence in Quebec and in the people themselves, that he fell for that and, yes, he'd say, you know, it might be ruinous for us economically.

I had no words to give him. No explanation. I didn’t understand it, myself. It scared me, but then so do roller coasters, and I ride them anyway, too.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.