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?

The best stories infuse wonder.

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

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.

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

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

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