Top 38 Quotes by Joseph Barbera

I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.