The greatest story commandment is: Make me care..

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 ….

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 pers….

The best stories infuse wonder..

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story..

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it..

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with..

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that o….

I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me..

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued..

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.'.

If you want someone’s attention, whisper..

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure..

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie..

John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true..

I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have ….

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty..

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the mess….

There's a lot of downsides to social media, but one of the nice things is that you can cut through all the BS and go straight to the person and ask t….

Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system..

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one..