Kids cannot follow stories. They don't know what the hell is going on in a cartoon. They like to see funny visual things happening.

When you're animating a music video, you have to animate to some set music. You're somewhat restricted by that, but you're also inspired by that. The animation becomes secondary if you're animating to a music video. Either way, it's important. Music has really helped my animation, that's for sure.

Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?

Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.

All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.

In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.