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

Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.

I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've got to treat them with love.

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There's a difference. I'm a cartoonist.