As An Artist, I Want To Interpret

I Separate Cartooning, Which Is Fun And Wacky And Soulful, From Illustration, Which Is Very Well-drawn And Extremely Uptight To Look At. There's A Difference. I'm A Cartoonist.

I'm The First To Admit That I Can't Be As Good As Tolkien, And A Movie Can Never Be As Good As Tolkien.

As An Artist, I Want To Interpret My Feelings - Not Run Across The Street And Ask What My Mother Thinks.

All The Old Great Companies Were Run By Guys Who Knew What An Animator Meant, And Guys Who Knew How To Draw. All The Companies Today Are Run By Executives.

You Cant Second-guess Yourself As A Filmmaker.