The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

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

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.

If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.

When I first moved up to San Francisco to write Where The Wild Things Are, I had a couple moments where I talked to somebody, and they're like, "Oh, I love that book. I love this part of it," or, "This is what it means to me." And it's like, "Well, I don't know. I guess that's not what I'm making the movie about." But very early on, I don't know, we sort of let go of that fear.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.