Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.

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

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

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

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

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

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