I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.

I've always looked upon the Ducks as caricature human beings. Perhaps I've been years writing in that middle world that J.R.R. Tolkien describes, and never knew it.

There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.

My action is my prayer.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future

The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.

Culture of life is really important for a country to have if it's going to be a hospitable society.

Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back.

Working on the 'Ice Age' movies, I'm really proud to be in them.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

I think you can love someone and be infatuated with them, too. But infatuation is immediate, while the sort of love in the West is something you build with someone. It's a trust.