"I didn't see any furry little James Bonds."

“The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.”

Source : "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 25, 2012.

“I'm very lonely now, Mary, For the poor make no new friends; But oh they love the better still The few our Father sends!”

“A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.”

“But because truly being here is so much; because everything here apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way keeps calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all.”

“I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.”

“I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection can be the enemy sometimes. Some songs don't need to be told perfectly. Life is messy and has loose ends, and sometimes I think the songs should reflect that.”

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...”

“I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix did with 'House of Cards' and David Fincher was brilliant. That is inspiring to me. I think there is more chance for creativity in animation, it just hasn't happened there yet.”

Source : "Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films" by Carolyn Giardina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.