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

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

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.

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.

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.