The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

Who you are married to determines what your future will look like

Your values define who you truly are. Your true identity is the sum total of your values.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

In a word, what characterizes the spiritist revelation is that while divine in its origin and of the initiative of the Spirits, its elaboration is fruit of man’s work.

He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves.

So long as the majority of Canadians have two countries, one here and one in Europe, national unity will remain a myth and a constant source of internecine quarrels.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

Nothing the writer can do is ever enough.

The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.