I just want to make whatever is exciting.

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

What the world is like from a nine-year-old's point of view? My memory is that nothing is explained to you, you've got to try to figure it out, pick up clues from the people around you, try to figure it out from their reactions.

The fact that Maurice Sendak said, "This is something that I made at your age, this was something that was personal to me, and now you need to take it and make something that's personal to you." I don't know, but we made the Where The Wild Things Are movie that we set out to make, and Maurice loves it. If Maurice was anxious about it, then I would be petrified.

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.