I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I'm sure that somebody or something is - I express gratitude for all my blessings and try to forgive the people that I'm feeling negative toward. I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems.

But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

It's a wonderful life and I love it.

If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.

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

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.