Author: 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

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

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.

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.

- Joseph Barbera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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