We were breaking away from anything that linked us to this world, but by doing that those ideas remained even stronger. Fables represent the basis for what I wanted to say about human beings.

I always told my team, "You have to believe that you are not in front of a computer, but that your canvas is a piece of paper. You have to believe this even if you have a computer in front of you."

I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy. We are to enjoy "alegria."

The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been exploited by artists. Often artists are trapped by words.

The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting from processes that allowed us to find these complex ideas.

I will not let those, who cannot recognise how I can be of service, dissuade me from showing them how I can help.

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends

Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes.

Can anyone alter fate? All of us combined... or one great figure... or someone strategically placed, who happens to be in the right spot. Chance. Accident. And our lives, our world, hanging on it.

Lying to the American people wasn’t part of my job description.

It seems impossible for a man to learn the value of money without first having to learn to waste it.

Those faithful Mormon pioneers ... were willing to put everything on the altar to sacrifice for and defend their God and their faith.