In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.

Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?

The storyboard department doesn't talk to the layout department, which doesn't talk to the writing department. They're all jealous of each other.

I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.

I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.

If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience has to take it the way the composer gives it.

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up.