Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.
The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he’s asleep.
When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.
Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying.
Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.
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.
A lion’s work hours are only when he’s hungry; once he’s satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.
Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.
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.
I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation. I let the part of me that is Bugs come to the surface, knowing, with regret, that I can never match his marvelous confidence.
The road is better than the end.
You’ve got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
If you want a midget to look like a baby, don’t put a cigar in his mouth.
Mark Twain’s Roughing It is a book that many people don’t know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.
The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.
A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door – he’s the person who opens a door funny.
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.
You have a coyote inside you and you have to get it out.