Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.
Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'

