Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.
You can't just let nature run wild.
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
I believe in being an innovator.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.