Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.- Joseph Barbera
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.
I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.
I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.
I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.
I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.
I hope we do not get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.
I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.
I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.
I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.
I do not know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.
I do not know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.
High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.
