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.

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

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

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.

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