I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

Animation is a technique, not a genre.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different!

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.

I want to diagnose the audience a bit and then offer a cure.

It's always good to keep people guessing.

All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.

It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked.

It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

It is easier to hate those we love, than love those whom we have hated.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

It is better to be honourable than be honoured.

Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.