John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.

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

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

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have.

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

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.