I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.

The amazing fact that one person can make his own film - I think animation is somewhat unique in that respect. I don't need to deal with lawyers. I don't need to deal with corporations. I don't need to deal with executives or agents or any of that. I can just sit at home and make a feature film. That's a wonderful experience. Each film I make gets more popular, more press and makes more money. So it's amazing that I've survived and actually prospered doing that sort of homegrown, cottage-industry filmmaking.

America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation.

I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.

Animation can be a full spectrum of different storytelling techniques and different genres. I think it's sad that there is only one audience that the studios are aiming for and that's the kid audience. It's really tragic that they don't' make films for older people.

People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.

Negotiating with Disney isn't like good cop/bad cop; it's like bad cop/Antichrist.