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

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

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

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

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.'

A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

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