An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court without players. Daffy Duck is to a Buck Rogers story what John McEnroe was to tennis. Personality. That is the key, the drum, the fife. Forget the plot.

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

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

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.

A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.