"I resent the limitations of my own imagination."

"No matter how good a picture we turn out, I can always see ways to improve it, when it's too late."

"Animated cartoons are more expensive to make than live-action films. Where they pay off is on revivals. Every seven years they come back for a new audience. And they don't date like live action does."

"I can teach anything to anyone, except to smile."

"Childishness? I think it's the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, there's a certain something that you retain. It's the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can't laugh at…"