Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class.

Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.

As I got into the animation, as I learned more about the business, I learned that you need a lot of people to do anything animated - even a short, let alone a feature film. And you need a lot of money.

How can people say they don't eat eggplant when God loves the color and the French love the name? I don't under'stand.

The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it? Serve it to toy people.

Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

All kids draw some kind of cartoon characters. They just grow out of them, and I didn't