Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.