The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds—the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.

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.

The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.

If you were to draw Bugs, the easiest way is to learn how to draw a carrot and then hook a rabbit onto it

You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?'

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

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