What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

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 never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.

Humility is the only thing that can restore a relationship, when respect has been lost.

I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other.

Nothing is more American than stuffing your face with loaded potato skins while drinking loaded mudslides.

The comfort of that lifestyle began to eat away at me like a cancer almost. It began to rob me of my joy and my faith. It kind of robbed me of my purpose.

The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world.

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad.

Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused. - Hephaestus

There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you.

You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes but they were trying to change things.

You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.