Other parks can have parades, they can have bands and thrill rides, and all that kind of stuff. But we have the Disney characters. Don't you realize how much they mean to people? A family comes into the park and they see one of our characters and they immediately have their child run over. They get their camera out and they take pictures of their little kids with Mickey or Minnie or Goofy or whoever happens to be there at the time. This is what people enjoy and this is what is important to us.

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them towards a certain goal.

Our contribution to television is entertainment, created without deviation from our conception of what entertainment should be.

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

I hate plays. I've never seen the point of paying money to watch people shout a lot and pretend to die, and now that I'm the father of three young children I d…

I really learned it all from mothers.

'Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.'