Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color. Fog is about the color of the insides of an old split wet summer cottage mattress; smog is the color and consistency of a wet potato chip soaked in a motorman’s glove.

In timing a film, we used to assume that sneaks move slowly. This was great for animators-thirty-six to forty-eight drawings for a single step-but it was sheer hell for the pace of the picture. So the rapid tiptoe was invented.

The weatherman is not only blamed for his failure to foretell, he is blamed for the weather itself.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

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

Painting does what we cannot do—it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.

Artists don't need criticism, artists need love