“Everything is important- that success is in the details.”

“Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.”

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”

“Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.”

“Almost everything...all external expectations...all pride...all fear of embarrassment or failure...these things just fall away in the face of death....leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. You are already naked...there is no reason not to follow your heart.”

“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”