There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.

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

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

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

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

If you want someone’s attention, whisper.

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.