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.

Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.

Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

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.

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.

You can't force inspiration. It's like trying to catch a butterfly with a hoop but no net. If you keep your mind open and receptive, though, one day a butterfly will land on your finger.

An animator is an actor with a pencil.

Life is your sacred journey. You ought to enjoy every moment.

Sure, I've had times it was hard to meditate....But even then I still end up being more calmly agitated.

My particular grief Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows, And it is still itself.

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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.

there's something about Paris that gives you a mental slap all the time, and you can't just sit still and do nothing. You've got to work, to keep up with the pace, the sting in the atmosphere.

There is satiety in all things, in sleep, and love-making, in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

I come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner.

I love you as one loves certain dark things.