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

I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second.

You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.

Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.

A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in a feature film.

Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.

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.