Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.

John [Kricfalusi] is so arrogant. He thinks he's me!

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.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.

My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.