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

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

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

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 learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.