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

I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.

No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.

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

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.

I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?