And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

Communities need to hear the liberating power of the gospel

Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected.

We all have impossible dreams and we do what we can to pursue them.

To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.

I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget.

If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff

You have to be emotionally attached to what you are doing.

But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.

When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.

Your best champion and cheerleader is yourself. Always be proud of your accomplishments, big or small.

I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label.

Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.

It's interesting to work with what's important today, which is meaningful for our everyday lives.

Reading is not walking on the words; it's grasping the soul of them.

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

No sound is dissonant which tells of life.