I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.

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

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.

I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement.

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