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"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation."
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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

"Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked."

"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."

"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."
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"People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph."

"We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year."

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."

"Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals."

"Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal."

"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity."

"All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable."

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."
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