You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.
Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.