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

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.

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.

Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.

On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.

Your spirit is the part of you that has to believe in something more. It’s the light of you.

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

What if I told you everything was going to be okay – but what if in my own, soft heart, I really needed to hear it too?

You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.

We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.