49 Quotes by Joseph Barbera

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

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.

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.

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

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.

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

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

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

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.