On his strategy for making money by doing animated films:

"Each year I do one Dreamworks project, and I take all the money to the Oscars and bet it on Pixar."

UPDATE: And Black's "strategy" proves true again, as Pixar wins again -- 'WALL-E' for Best Animated Picture, with a gracious speech from Andrew Stanton about finding beauty even in dark places. Amen. And hooray for WALL-E, our Most Redeeming Film of 2008.