Once I could persuade these guys that all I wanted to hear from them was what they did - Tell me what you do - once you can persuade someone that this is all you're after, you can't shut them up because we're all fascinated by what we do. ↗
When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject. ↗
Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine. ↗
So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it won't come out that way - it'll come out years later, and in a different way, and you don't really control that. ↗
The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature. ↗