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

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.
Joseph Barbera

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.
Joseph Barbera

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

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.
Joseph Barbera

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

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

Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.
Joseph Barbera

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.
Joseph Barbera

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.
Joseph Barbera

I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.
Joseph Barbera

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.
Joseph Barbera

I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.
Joseph Barbera

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

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

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.
Joseph Barbera

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.
Joseph Barbera

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

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

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.
Joseph Barbera