The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds—the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.

Painting does what we cannot do—it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.

I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify where and why design can make a difference. We also need to understand the business issues. If we don't make our numbers this quarter, we don't earn the right to do something cool the next time.

The road is better than the inn.

Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.