Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity.

Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.

I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.

Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.

I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.

Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.