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.

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

The art of cartooning is vulgarity. The only reason for cartooning to exist is to be on the edge. If you only take apart what they allow you to take apart, you're Disney. Cartooning is a low-class, for-the-public art, just like graffiti art and rap music. Vulgar but believable, that's the line I kept walking.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

It's curtains for you, Mighty Mouse! This gun is so futuristic that even I don't know how it works!