One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and that maybe one or two would be successful. So I always kind of expected I’d write at least one successful film in my life. [...] The way it all came together was kind of like Murphy's law in reverse—I don’t expect that kind of experience again any time soon.

If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.

My thing is that most scripts arent bad scripts, theyre just not finished yet.

Who you think you are is only a thought.

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.