I probably shouldn't brag, but dag I amaze and astonish.

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.

Disney's really incredible on story.

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.

If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy you want.

The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this part of the world could see themselves in this film [Moana] in a way that felt positive and accurate, was Opetaia, my co-writer, Opetaia Foa'i, who has a great band called Te Vaka and is an amazing musical and cultural ambassador.

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.