Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.

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We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in...

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in...

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love...

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love...

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I...

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I...

The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy.

The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy.

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed,...

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed,...

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote...

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote...

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and...

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and...

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.

I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.