Joseph Barbera

“We weren't making art. We were making a living.”

“The whole idea is to get a laugh, and I'll do anything to get a laugh.”

“When you're in the cartoon business, you have to be a little bit of a showman.”

“We tried to make our cartoons for adults as well as for children.”

“I love what I do. I can't imagine doing anything else.”

“I'm not a cartoonist, I'm a film director who happens to draw.”

“Give me a good character and I can make a good cartoon.”

“The Flintstones was a sitcom. It just happened to be animated.”

“I always felt that the best way to get a laugh was to do something that was so outrageous that it would make people laugh.”

“What we've done is we've taken the human condition and we've put it in the form of a cartoon.”

“Honestly, I never thought I would be as successful as I have been.”

“Animation is a great way to tell stories. You can do anything with animation.”

“You don't just draw a character. You have to give him a personality.”

“We thought, 'What's the opposite of a dog and a cat?' A dog and a cat. So we'll give 'em a dog and a cat.”

“The secret is a good story. And good characters.”

“We had to make them cheap. We had to make them fast.”