Quotes About Creativity

The truth is, we were sick of, every time we finished a movie, having to start all over again from nothing, going to a studio, pitching an idea, setting up a new office.

There are headlines that I remember pitching that I think I know that they're not any good. But some part of my heart is attached to them. Like I had this one that was 'Spork Used as Knife.'

I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.

I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.

You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money. And when they disappear, it's a pity.

I always think 'Pity the Child' is a goodie. And I've always liked a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart,' which is quite a corny number.

With 'Pity Party,' it's the first time seeing my vision come to life in front of my face. I'm super happy about it.

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.

We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think of something other than the story.

Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.

All Pixar movies are heartbreaking, aren't they?

A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla.

Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made.

Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'

Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

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

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

I am so proud that 'Up' is Pixar's 10th film. I think it's the funniest film that we've ever made and also one of the most beautiful.

In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films.

Anything that has to do with Disney and Pixar, I am on board with. That is where my heart and family are. So when they call, I jump.

I would say that what we called the Pixar sensibility goes back even further. It is kind of a CalArts sensibility because so many of the people who are creative instrumental people at Pixar came from that school.