Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

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.

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

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.

I like naps. I don't drink coffee.

I think, as you're growing up, your emotions are just as deep as they are when you're an adult. You're ability to feel lonely, longing, confused or angry are just as deep. We don't feel things more as we get older.