Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

There's a lot of downsides to social media, but one of the nice things is that you can cut through all the BS and go straight to the person and ask them directly. I think that's a wonderful thing. I love talking to people who are true fans or who have a true love of cinema, and so if I can talk to them directly, great.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

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

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

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

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another.