Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

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.

I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.