My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.

'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.

I have this saying. Quality is the best business plan. I believe so strongly in that.

Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.

This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is going come from.

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.