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> [If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/if-you-start-with-character-you-probably-will-end-up-with-good/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

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## More by Chuck Jones

> [If you were to draw Bugs, the easiest way is to learn how to draw a carrot and then hook a rabbit onto it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/if-you-were-to-draw-bugs-the-easiest-way-is-to-learn-how-to-draw-a/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/jackie-gleason-said-that-comedy-is-the-most-exacting-form-of-dramatic/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court without players.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/an-idea-has-no-worth-at-all-without-believable-characters-to/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [You have a coyote inside you and you have to get it out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/you-have-a-coyote-inside-you-and-you-have-to-get-it-out/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [ Everything on Saturday morning \[cartoons\] moves alike that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts the same… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/everything-on-saturday-morning-cartoons-moves-alike-that-s-one-of-the/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/well-directing-is-doing-the-key-drawings-not-the-key-animation-mind/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/you-do-not-suffer-if-you-decide-that-s-the-way-it-is-rather-than-why/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Each character represented a trait that resides in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/each-character-represented-a-trait-that-resides-in-me/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/censorship-i-believe-is-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to-all-human/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/there-s-only-one-test-of-a-great-children-s-book-or-a-great-children/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/as-you-become-acquainted-with-a-character-you-are-creating-you-add/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/fog-and-smog-should-not-be-confused-and-are-easily-separated-by-color/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/the-older-i-get-the-more-individuality-i-find-in-animals-and-the-less/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/anyone-can-negatively-criticize-it-is-the-cheapest-of-all-comment/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

> [Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/every-great-artist-must-begin-by-learning-to-draw-with-the-single/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

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