I think one of the things that makes Pixar so successful is their ability to develop movies with so many good payoffs. Great payoffs are what make movies so satisfying. And in my opinion, that is completely driven by their development process where they meet regularly to bounce ideas off each other in a friendly, non-threatening environment.

Collaboration versus vacuum.

Tom, I've got a post set to go live next week where screenwriter Michael Arndt, who on the strength of his screenplay for "Little Miss Sunshine" got hired by Pixar to write "Toy Story 3." He has some incredible things to say about their collaborative process.