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

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.

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.

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.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

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

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.