Chuck Jones

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

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

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation.

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.