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.
From Joseph Barbera
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.
One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.
My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.
My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.
I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.
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