"Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess that's the job I do."

"At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks… until we developed personalities. We had to get beyond getting a laugh. They may roll in…"

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"I'm not a public figure. I'm a private person."

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known."