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

Quote by Chuck Jones

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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...

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

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

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'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...

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.

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...

The only thing an adult can give a child is time.

The only thing an adult can give a child is time.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

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...

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.

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...

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...