Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

[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.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Just remember, it all started with a mouse.