Someone's been mean to you! Tell me who it is, so I can punch him tastefully.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.

God hears and answers every prayer.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I dont want to leave any darkness behind me.

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.

Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen.

Based on my experience, I can say that India country can be freed of corruption.

Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.