"Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans."

“Sometimes the things we want to be rescued from can save us.”

“A Bug's Life' is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets really sad and I'm like, W'hoa, I'm feeling this way and this movie is about bugs!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.”

Source : "Jonathan Demme Talks NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 1, 2012.

“I could've enjoyed a cigarette if I smoked back before everyone knew it was bad - say, like, 1923. Everybody smoked back then. There was no medical information against it; they had no idea - it was a paradise. It was a smoker's paradise: 'They're taking my lung out next week. I don't know why. Doctor thinks maybe I'm brushing my teeth too often, but I can't help it because, for some reason, my breath smells like I licked a monkey's ass.”

“There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.”

“Along the way, he or she discovers that the world has been broken for as long as anyone can remember. Everyone, sooner or later, gets a thorough schooling in brokenness. The question becomes what to do with the pieces?”

“The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.”

Source : Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.214, Vintage

“There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.”