Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

It's curtains for you, Mighty Mouse! This gun is so futuristic that even I don't know how it works!

Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There's a difference. I'm a cartoonist.

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.