I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

[Mickey Mouse] He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.