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.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

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.

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

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