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.

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.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

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.

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

You have a coyote inside you and you have to get it out

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.