Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

When you find yourself internally, you find what nourishes you from within. You lose that entitlement and anger when YOU deliver.

I transform fiction into memory.

Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.

The world will not change until we do

While you're busy chasing your dream, don't forget to leave time for living - it's way too easy to run straight past what's truly important.

When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness.

People who type with their iPhones on loud are barbarians and probably killers.

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

Kings fear change. Leaders crave it.