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

I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.

I had the good fortune of being 9 years old when The Little Mermaid came out, that whole run of really beautiful Disney musicals, and so, the fact that I got to interview with Ron [Clements] and John [Musker], who directed The Little Mermaid, I was, like, I just walked in and said, "You're the reason I'm even here."

Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.

I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.

I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, I didn't do any press, I didn't do any meetings, I just wrote all day, 'cause I'd meet, via Skype, with the creative team, at five p.m., and then I would have my seven o'clock curtain.