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.

It's a wonderful life and I love it.

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities.

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous.

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.