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Joseph Barbera quotes: What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Joseph Barbera quotes: When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph Barbera quotes: 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.

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.

Joseph Barbera quotes: 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.

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.

Joseph Barbera quotes: I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

Joseph Barbera quotes: One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

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

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

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

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

Joseph Barbera quotes: Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

Joseph Barbera quotes: I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

Joseph Barbera quotes: 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.

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.

Joseph Barbera quotes: The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

Joseph Barbera quotes: My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

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

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

Joseph Barbera quotes: After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.

Joseph Barbera quotes: While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

Joseph Barbera quotes: You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

Joseph Barbera quotes: I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.

I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.

Joseph Barbera quotes: High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.

Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.

Joseph Barbera quotes: Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Joseph Barbera quotes: I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

Joseph Barbera quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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