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

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

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.

An animator is an actor with a pencil.

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.

For every transaction, there is someone willing to buy and someone willing to sell at an agreed price, both believing that it's good value and that the counterparty is a little crazy.

There are new habits you can adopt starting NOW that make you approachable and encourage other people to engage with you.

Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke.

The forms of my awareness are richer than yours.

I refused to beat my head against stone, of course.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

Consistency is better than perfection. We can all be consistent-perf ection is impossible.

Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'

My two favorite movies are 'Coming to America' and 'Boomerang'.