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

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.

The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend to make things [films] that are a little bit more caricature.

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.

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

Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it.

I've got Disney blood running through my veins.