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.

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.

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

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

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.

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

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