An animator is an actor with a pencil.

Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.

Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.

You can't force inspiration. It's like trying to catch a butterfly with a hoop but no net. If you keep your mind open and receptive, though, one day a butterfly will land on your finger.

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer.

You can't wait for the race to start to get ready. That's a loss. You must get your mind right before you get to the starting line. Mindset is everything!

Can one mistake really destroy a lifetime together?

Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand not the least thing. Everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same.

Some people feel, you make your case, if they listen to you, fine, if they don't, that's it. That's not what leadership is. Leadership is trying to continue to make a case.

No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins.

I have always enjoyed different kinds of music.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.