Girls bored me, they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

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.

The Story of Mickey Mouse