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

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

In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

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

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

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?

There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.