“I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.”

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

The villains are all parts of me.

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

All my films are all my children.

Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.

It’s not very pleasant to draw evil figures.

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.

The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.

You can accomplish great things.

Congratulations! Today is your day!

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun.

If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.

How many things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

People ask me if I could fly, I said, yeah – for a little while.