"Thinking of Edward Scissorhands, a nostalgic wave washes over me."

"I can't think of a production designer working today who if offered the chance to design a horrible, rundown carnival…"

"I do rough drawings. And then I work with concept artists who see my rough drawings and say “oh this is what you want…"

"Yeah, that story’s not finished. We have more things written already and figured out for it to finish, but somebody’s…"

"The kids’ business of animation is pretty much gone at this point, but adult animation has been steadily rising for t…"

"When my career dies, and I can’t sell a project or do anything else, that’s when [Dexter’s Laboratory] will return to…"

"The Western is our genre in the United States of America. The English have Shakespeare, the French have Molière, the …"

"Sometimes what comes around the corner is better for you than what you're planning to do anyway."

"I don’t try to be a hard guy to work with … but I decide what I’m going to do with a character. I will take direction…"

"It was as if somehow Al Capone had become head of the United States."