“For me, animated film is about magic. This is how magic becomes part of daily life, invading daily life.... Magic enters into a quite ordinary contact with mundane things ... (making) reality seem doubtful. ”
“I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.”
“The Arcade, and now Peabody's, combined to tell me that there was life in objects, in books. It was all about having eyes to see the true meaning of things. As Pike proved daily, books held a kind of magic, an apparent as well as a hidden value.”
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.”
“Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.”
“Is that Disney magic of pixie magic?" I kid... "It is life magic".”