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

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.

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.

When a young artist asked me for advice on drawing the human foot, I told him, ‘The first thing you must learn is how to take your shoe off, and then how to take your sock off, then prop your leg up carefully on your other knee, take a piece of paper, and draw your foot.’

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.