Animation requires a great deal of concentration, and I preferred to work alone because then I'm not deterred by somebody asking me if I want coffee, or the phone ringing or something.

If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.

There’s a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in King Kong, that adds to the fantasy. If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.

When you put a big budget into a film, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a better picture, but it does help in creating new images on the screen.

You could believe that Sinbad could fight a skeleton because that's from a period in the past, a magical period. But if you had James Bond fighting a skeleton, it'd be almost comical.

I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation.

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.

One film critic back in the early days said "It's a pity Mr. Harryhausen didn't animated the actors, too."

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

I love you. Remember. They cannot take it

A truth that's told with bad intentBeats all the lies you can invent.

Man is guaranteed only those rights which he can defend.

Music is soul of the spirit.

Just always be honest about your feelings. If everyone did that then the world would be a much simpler place.

It’s frustration which makes creativity possible.

I'm not going to be the next Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom.

The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out.

All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.

The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.