105 Quotes by Paul Dini

I'll continue doing 'Jingle Belle' as long as I've got a good story for her.

I remembered what it was like: the weirdness, being the odd man out, trying to make my way around campus, and trying to figure out who my friends would be, who to steer clear of. I wrote it all down in a fanciful way - the feelings of alienation, the feelings of uncertainty, of being away from home for the first time.

As far as doing a TV special, I would have to be in control of it. I'd want my own team of animators to work on it.

Jim Henson once allowed me to visit the Muppets on set and spent an entire day showing me how he and the other puppeteers performed Kermit and all the characters! After that, I was lucky enough to work with both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on many fun animation projects and learned so much from them.

As much as I love elements of Spider-Man's past, I don't really want to go back in and retell the Gwen Stacy and Green Goblin story in animation just so I can do my take on it. I don't want to redo the first 'Spider Slayer' story.

Batman is dark and moody and spooky and, in some cases, methodical.

There's a different energy to Spider-Man than there is to Batman.

Encourage your kids to be creative. When you see them tracing a character from TV or a comic, say something like, 'That's nice. Now how about you create a character yourself?' Keep kids curious and excited about creating.

As cool as it is to be Spider-Man at times, there's also a price to pay for that - and he has to learn to balance things out.