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.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.