I feel like animation's stagnant. There's not much that's trying to push the artform, and so, for me, I'm way too critical about it.

I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be. Hitchcock could do anything in my mind. He's the director. That person has to be the best actor, the best designer, the best cinematographer. Then I came to realize that isn't the case. You just need to surround yourself with the best.

I was really fortunate in my career where I always had executives who were very like-minded.

I'm very in the now; I don't like to look back a lot.

I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.

If 'Spectator Business' works, we will continue this brand extension strategy and look at everything from 'Spectator Arts' to 'Spectator Style and Travel' or 'Spectator Connoisseur.'

The spirit of pickling is one of adventure and fun.

I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.