Ralph Bakshi

“I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.”

“The old boy network is still very much in place.”

“Hollywood is run by men who are guessing what people want.”

“My films are not for children. They're for adults.”

“I don't make films for the critics. I make them for the audience.”

“I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a big fan of computer looking stuff.”

“I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I am.”

“Animation is a young man's game. All the big names in animation are dead.”

“I think animation is a very powerful medium. It can be a very poetic medium.”

“I was always fighting the studio system.”

“I'm a storyteller. That's what I do. I tell stories.”

“I think the minute you're not a student, you're dead.”

“What's the point of being an artist if you're not going to use your art to tell the truth?”

“Animation is not a genre. It's an art form.”

“I'm the biggest Cheech & Chong fan there is.”

“In my heart, I'm an artist, a painter. And my films are my paintings.”

“Let's get the cartoonists to do the cartoons.”

“The whole point of animation to me is to be emotionally honest.”

“You can't do anything with a cartoon character unless you have a story.”

“I don't care if I'm a legend or not. I'm just a guy who makes movies.”