As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.