The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor. — Joseph Barbera Cartoon Copy Share Image
One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead. — Joseph Barbera Attractive Copy Share Image
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family. — Joseph Barbera Age Copy Share Image
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion. — Joseph Barbera Fall Copy Share Image
Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners. — Joseph Barbera Business Copy Share Image
I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me. — Joseph Barbera Bothered Copy Share Image
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought. — Joseph Barbera California Copy Share Image
I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making… — Joseph Barbera Cartoons Copy Share Image
Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally. — Joseph Barbera Creating Copy Share Image
Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad… — Joseph Barbera Dentist Copy Share Image
I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him… — Joseph Barbera Cat Copy Share Image
I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it. — Joseph Barbera Bible Copy Share Image
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work… — Joseph Barbera Cartoon Copy Share Image
Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of… — Joseph Barbera Awful Copy Share Image
