Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Quote by Chuck Jones

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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,...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...