As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing.

Laughter is America's most important export.

I love the nostalgic myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.

Adults are only kids grown up

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting.

I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.