Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

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.

An animator is an actor with a pencil.

Opportunities are everywhere. The question is who is going to take advantage of them.

Your consent is your character.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.

Don't put a question mark where God has put a period.

Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.

... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm.

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

Happiness wishes everybody happy.

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.