Animation Isn't The Illusion Of Life; It

The Whole Essence Of Good Drawing - And Of Good Thinking, Perhaps - Is To Work A Subject Down To The Simplest Form Possible And Still Have It Believable For What It Is Meant To Be.

Fog And Smog Should Not Be Confused And Are Easily Separated By Color.

An Idea Has No Worth At All Without Believable Characters To Implement It; A Plot Without Characters Is Like A Tennis Court Without Players. Daffy Duck Is To A Buck Rogers Story What John Mcenroe Was To Tennis. Personality. That Is The Key, The Drum, The Fife. Forget The Plot.

In Timing A Film, We Used To Assume That Sneaks Move Slowly. This Was Great For Animators-thirty-six To Forty-eight Drawings For A Single Step-but It Was Sheer Hell For The Pace Of The Picture. So The Rapid Tiptoe Was Invented.

The Only Time A Wife Listens To Her Husband Is When He’s Asleep.