My thing is that most scripts arent bad scripts, theyre just not finished yet.

The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.

Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.

I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but for me, at least, there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.

Who you think you are is only a thought.

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.

If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.

The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.

But what I mean is, lots of time you don't know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn't interest you most.

As a director, I hoped that I was able to help the actors by giving them the space and the respect they need and the trust. I gave them what I always felt I needed when I was working.

The only way to break the cycle of unwed motherhood, fatherless children, poverty, crime, and welfare is to recognize that welfare causes more problems than it cures.

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

I have a daily message, 'Stimumail,' which I use to stimulate the mind and heart. I have the opportunity to touch over 60,000 people I have never met. I also use Twitter and Facebook.

A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.

All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle...is another riddle.

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.