Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

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

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.

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.

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

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

There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more.