In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

What is knowledge without an impact to society?

We have soul contracts with every person in our lives to live in the vibration of truth.

All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies.

I'm determined to go right to the end to find justice. Of course I am not happy, I feel very bitter and disappointed.

Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.

As the means, so the end.

...My friend, there are some things that I cannot tell you. Some I will tell you in time; some, others will tell you; some you may never know, or you may be the first to find the answers.

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.