Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature.

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.

I have never personally seen a hand transplant that is more useful than a prosthesis.

I have this saying. Quality is the best business plan. I believe so strongly in that.

I think love isn't doomed, of course, but in real life, love doesn't always work out.

Once you train an audience to look for significance, they start to find it everywhere.

When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

I always get worried about disrupting continuity. I seem to get blamed for that a lot.

Doing the right thing at all costs is an absolute, and only a sith deals in absolutes.

You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.

I've loved science fiction my whole life. But I've never made a science fiction movie.

Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

I grew up on Shane movie and my mother loves it and I've watched it hundreds of times.

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

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

The best way to make a show that's going to resonate is to make a show that you'd love.

With Twitter and Tumblr, it's easy to get lost in the tidal wave of feedback from fans.

The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.

I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.

Shelf-life for a regular video game usually is about three to five years, and that's it.

It's strange that ''Evangelion'' has become such a hit - all the characters are so sick!

The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style.

I've noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

The main quality of leadership..........is courage ! If you can dream it, you can do it!

We dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that.

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.

Cute animals have a pretty good track record in animation for inspiring passionate fandom.

You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?'

I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently.

I always felt a little bit like a little kid that's never grown up in the world of adults.

Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.

When you're working on a project, make sure at least one person knows what they are doing.

I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents.

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