Animation Means To Invoke Life, Not To

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.

If You Start With Character, You Probably Will End Up With Good Drawings.

The Close-up, According To D.w. Griffith, Allows Subtle Changes Of Facial Expression-the Raising Of An Eyebrow Or The Flicker Of A Smile-to Become Part Of The Action.

Comedy Is A Very, Very, Very Stringent Business.

[w]hen The Coyote Falls, He Gets Up And Brushes Himself Off; It's Preservation Of Dignity. He's Humiliated, And It Worries Him When He Ends Up Looking Like An Accordion. A Coyote Isn't Much, But It's Better Than Being An Accordion.