Quotes from William Hanna

Italian work is excellent but it takes them six months to do what we do in a week.

You know that Yogi and Huckleberry didn't just belong to the kids. Grownups know all about our animal friends.

We're delighted that Freddie Flintstone and his friends have made such a hit. The comedy is not the old cartoon slapstick. Most of it is situation stuff and dialogue.

Today's youngster has a more highly developed mind, and if you start to play down to them, you lose them.

When we were at MGM, we never did much about merchandise tie-ups There were too many executives and lawyers to go through.

We almost decided on a dog and a fox before we hit on the idea of using a cat and mouse.

Greatest thing in our partnership is the sharing of responsibility; if one of us has to go away, we always know someone vitally concerned is on the spot.

The novelty business is astounding. We can't keep up with it.

Our stuff is made strictly for fun. We're not out to give a message.

We wanted a world that looked like our world. In the original 'Flintstones,' low flat buildings filled the city and suburbs. Now, high-rise buildings and apartments exist next to the family neighborhoods. Part of the 'Flintstone' fun remains its parallel of our world.

'The Flintstones' was the first animated series to appear on nighttime TV.

We work in vertical and horizontal planes. We avoid depth characteristics as much as possible. This reduces the number of pictures in a five minute segment from 12,000 to 1,200. And the public likes the technique better.

I was attracted to Joe right away. He was and is one of the greatest cartoon artists I've ever met. I was able to do the timing, and Joe with his draftsmanship could make the storyboards. There were things I could do that he couldn't and vice versa.

We all can't stay busy doing exactly what we want to do.

It takes four people to lay out the 'Flintstones.'