The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. |
There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book. |
The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep. |
Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer. |
The only thing an adult can give a child is time. |
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. |
The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall. |
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think. |
I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny. |
If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings. |
Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities. Topics: Animal |
Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke. |
Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations. |