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“Eighteen thousand miles from the moon is some slide, but I'll get up there again some way!”

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Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator, born on September 26, 1869, and died on July 26, 1934. Known for his unique style and innovative animation techniques, his works include classics such as 'Little Nemo'. more

“The principle factor in my success has been an absolute desire to draw constantly. I never decided to be an artist. Simply, I couldn't stop myself from drawing. I drew for my own pleasure. I never wanted to know whether or not someone liked my drawings. I have never kept one of my drawings. I drew on walls, the school blackboard, odd bits of paper, the walls of barns. Today I'm still as fond of drawings as when I was a kid - and that was a long time ago - but, surprising as it may seem, I never thought about the money I would receive for my drawings. I simply drew them.”

“Three Scotsmen of the clan McKay were looking for a fourth member to fight four members of the Irish clan Magee ... 'I'm not one of you,' my father pointed out. 'You see, I'm one of the clan M-c-C-A-Y.' And that is how I got both my name and my sense of humor.”

Fighting Three Father Names Four Members Sense Of Humor Fourth Clans Scotsmen

Author:Winsor McCay

“I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to.”

Feels Persons Helping Married Secure

Author:Claire Danes

“Animation should be an art…what you fellows have done with it, making it into a trade…not an art, but a trade…bad luck.”

Should Art Done Fellows Luck Trade Animation Bad Luck

Author:Winsor McCay

“Any idiot that wants to make a couple of thousand drawings for a hundred feet of film is welcome to join the club.”

Want Film Feet Couple Thousand Hundred Clubs Drawing Welcome Idiot

Author:Winsor McCay

“For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.”

World Long America Energy Democracy Century Independence Clean March Clean Energy Energy Independence

Author:John Garamendi

“John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.”

Force Screens Wayne

Author:Howard Hawks

“I find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote for that is an entrance. Begin the scene with someone entering, and somehow it’s more interesting.”

People Interesting Talking Groups Scene Sitting Down And Entering Antidote Entrances Sitting Down

Author:Howard Hawks

“I am big. It's the pictures that got small.”

Source: Sunset Boulevard

“One's too many and a hundred's not enough.”

Enough Hundred

Book:The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay

Source: The Lost Weekend: The Complete Screenplay

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