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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

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.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

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...

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...

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...

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 to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.

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

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

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