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 don't 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 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.

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

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.