I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. With the laugh comes the tears and in developing motion pictures or television shows, you must combine all the facts of life - drama, pathos and humor.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish.

Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

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

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.