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

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.

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.

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace

Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.

If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.