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

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

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

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

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.

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.