The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.

We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.

A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.

I believe that destiny, and anything that is truly meant to be, will always find a way to right itself.

You'll never be as good as the next page you write, or as bad as the last one.

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.

It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting.

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.