Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

Quote by Chuck Jones

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

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.

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.

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.