William Hanna

I think that - whether I should admit this or not - Joe and I, going back to 'Tom and Jerry,' have…

— William Hanna

On the 'Tom and Jerry's,' Joe and I would sit across a desk from each other and develop the story. Joe would…

— William Hanna

We are trying to build a family image of wholesome movie entertainment.

— William Hanna

I think we had made 160 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons.

— William Hanna

'Tom and Jerry' seemed to be as well liked by adults as by children. 'The Flintstones,' of course, was geared more to…

— William Hanna

I started out with three creative jobs - painter, janitor and gag writer.

— William Hanna

We used to make a 'Tom and Jerry' short every six weeks and they were about six minutes long, so we were…

— William Hanna

We wanted a world that looked like our world. In the original 'Flintstones,' low flat buildings filled the city and suburbs. Now,…

— William Hanna

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

— William Hanna

We never realized how much money there was to be found in character products.

— William Hanna

You know, it is a funny thing, but 'The Flintstones' was bought by ABC and the sponsors when they discovered adults were…

— William Hanna

'The Flintstones' was the first animated series to appear on nighttime TV.

— William Hanna

We've never tried to educate children. We've never tried to preach to them, just entertain.

— William Hanna

Disney did well with human characters but only in dramas, not comedy.

— William Hanna

I was never a good artist.

— William Hanna

I saw one of the old 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons the other day. I hadn't seen it for 30 years and I…

— William Hanna

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

— William Hanna

“After almost 70 years of being paralysed into silence by the Zionist venom — the accusation of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial —…

— William Hanna

Our stuff is made strictly for fun. We're not out to give a message.

— William Hanna

We almost decided on a dog and a fox before we hit on the idea of using a cat and mouse.

— William Hanna

Italian work is excellent but it takes them six months to do what we do in a week.

— William Hanna

Initially, it was sort of devastating to lose full animation and go limited.

— William Hanna

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

— William Hanna

We moved amazingly fast because our product was acceptable to a broad market: tots, teenagers, adults. Even to some people who never…

— William Hanna

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

— William Hanna