Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.
Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.
Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.
I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.
I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.
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.