I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.

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.

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.

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.

And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.-Revelations 20:9

The man who dreams in sleeping, leads to sleeping when thinking

The liberal soul shall be made fat.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'

You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.

I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?

I think John F. Kennedy was the last great hope. And that's why I dwell on that subject. He was someone who could stand up to the militarist element in our society.

You either believe in the Constitution, or you don't.

I'll be damned if death wears my sadness for glad rags.