When I was in middle school, I liked to make cartoons.

And as I was sort of doodling, I was thinking, surprise and fear - probably fairly similar so let's just lose surprise. And that left us with five.

In the end, passion and hard work beats out natural talent.

They're expecting us to make mistakes, and they've set up a process that allows us to correct for that and do it again and iterate. So I think that's a real key to the films that we've made.

Sometimes suffering is a weird attraction.

There's something really emotional about not having any sound. That allows, I think, the audience to participate more actively and kind of imagine what are they talking about there?

Any great movie you watch has some element of darkness or loss or some suffering in it. That's what makes the fun parts fun.

And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.

Toy Story we found, sorta by accident, because we didnt know what we were doing, the idea of being replaced by somebody. Everybody has that fear, or encounters this jealousy at some point.

Parents don't want their children to lose that purity and innocence of childhood. We want to bottle that and hold onto that, but it's impossible.

One of the other experts we consulted with, this guy named Dacher Keltner, he was big on sadness as community bonding - I think is the word he used.

‎"You will never reach your dreams without honoring others along the way.

We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.

I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.

Father's Day: When you get that lethal combination of alcohol and new power tools.

Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.

I think part of being a good coach is knowing how to extract the best from different people.

I like New Orleans music, I like Memphis music and I like the way that the sound like those places. I like how there are stars and there are people in those cities that are revered in the community.

Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I looked Jewish.

you got two feet, Sethe, not four." he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; tactless and quiet.