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.

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.

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

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

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

The name 'Chuck Jones', according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist.

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book.