My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.

Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated, things start to go wrong. I just shut that part of my brain off.

When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't.

I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective

A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame.

The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became its own niche altogether.

People always say you can't win if you don't play