Jim Henson Quotes

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too.

Even as a kid, I felt isolated. Isolation makes you sensitive. As a kid, I felt I was the only person who was like that. But there's a good side to isolation. It makes you sensitive, and sensitivity is part of the creative process.

I suppose that he's an alter ego. But he's a little snarkier than I am - slightly wise. Kermit says things I hold myself back from saying.

I'm sure Kermit will stay young a lot longer than I will.

No time is wasted time

Life's like a movie, write your own ending
Keep believing, keep pretending
We've done just what we set out to do
Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

With Big Bird we knew we wanted to do a large, a great big character. He should represent a child so he can make the kinds of mistakes that kids make, and talk about it and be out front about that.

I couldn't do ventriloquism. I don't have any interest in splitting myself in two, the way a ventriloquist does — half-himself, half the dummy on his knee.

"I don't want'a die... I have other plans!" -Fraggle Rock

Moving right along
In search of good times
And good news,
With good friends you can't lose.
This could become a habit.

Opportunity just knocked,
Let's reach out and grab it,
Together we'll nab it,
We'll hitch-hike, bus, or yellow cab it.

life is a kind of Labyrinth, with all its twists and turns, its straight paths and its occasional dead ends.

Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

Puppets have the same sort of graceful aging that cartoon characters have.