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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Every day, work harder on yourself than anything else. ‘Cause if you become more intelligent, more valuable, more skilled, you can add more value to other people.

Character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you in return.Integrity is how you act when you think nobody is looking.

To be sure, the Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom, even when it takes you through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. Just watch out for parasites.

This is the day the Lord had made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet.

We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of state in the former Soviet republics believe that they must have total power.

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last