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.

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

If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.

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

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

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

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