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Famous Joseph Barbera Quotes
“Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.”
“Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.”
“What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.”
“Except for me, no one in my family could draw.”
“I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.”
“I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.”
“I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.”
“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 convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.”
“When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.”
“One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.”
“Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.”
“My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.”