“ Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. ”
A man should never neglect his family for business.
~ Walt Disney
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.
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
