All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.

I don't know exactly where ideas come from, it's just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.

A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.