Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.

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.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

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

The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the actors bring a whole world to that, they bring the characters to life, then it goes to the animators, then it goes to the editor who cuts it together, and then you screen it and it goes back through the system again.

The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.