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I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. It's a nice problem to have.

In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.

Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.

Anything Pixar does, you know, I really just am in awe of them and thrilled to be included in anything they do.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

When Pixar calls and says, 'Hey, you wanna be in a Pixar movie?' you don't do a lot of contemplating!

The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.