Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Quote by Chuck Jones

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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.

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do...

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do...

Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.

Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

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.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into...

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into...

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...

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 older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and...

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and...

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...

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

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...

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.

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.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

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...

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires...

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires...

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it...

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it...