Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

All films created by Walt Disney at the time of his major outpouring of work were carefully crafted to fit scenes, characters, moods and situations. If these elements changed in any way, songs - no matter how good they were - were discarded. Others were written for the new scenes. Many times, character songs were dropped because characters were dropped...sequences were dropped etc.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

Everybody is a critic, everybody has a voice, everybody can reach you. Everybody is an expert and that's what makes it fun.

You think, "Aw man, I would never want somebody else's poop on my hand," but when it's your child, "Oh, it's not that bad, I'll just wash it off."

The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.