I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

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.

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.

I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

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.

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