In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.

To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.

I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions.

I don t think cartoons are only for kids, but I think kids will love anything as long as it's visually interesting.

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.

Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?

I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.

My style is very strong poses and expressions.

Kids cannot follow stories. They don't know what the hell is going on in a cartoon. They like to see funny visual things happening.

Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything.

The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant.

The man who gives the world fusion, will give the world everything.

I will laugh about this one day, I told myself. I will laugh about it with people so clever and sophisticated I can't imagine them properly now.

Sticking a straw up your butt won't get rid of the constipation.

Take risks. You can't fall off the bottom.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

True greatness is devoting all my energy to becoming a servant and not getting upset when I am treated like one.

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

The last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993.

If you strive for excellence, success will follow