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.

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

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

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

I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems

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.