42 Quotes by William Hanna

More than ever before the framework for absolute global control and oppression is now firmly in place. We have all been part of an evolution into a “new society” subject to authoritarian forms of government with militarised police forces at home and imperialistic policies abroad. In this “new society” the rich and powerful elites can have and do whatever they want, while the poor and powerless are left shackled and in desperate need.

I think anything created today can be said to be a ripoff. It's hard to find anything original any more.

We all can't stay busy doing exactly what we want to do.

In my opinion, animation will continue to thrive as long as there are children, parents, television, movies and the need to laugh.

I used to watch 'The Honeymooners' and laughed so much I'd fog up the inside of the lenses of my glasses.

We work in vertical and horizontal planes. We avoid depth characteristics as much as possible. This reduces the number of pictures in a five minute segment from 12,000 to 1,200. And the public likes the technique better.

It takes four people to lay out the 'Flintstones.'

I enjoyed doing the 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons, and if we had never done anything else, I would have been perfectly satisfied.

The novelty business is astounding. We can't keep up with it.