"There's none of this wisecracking and cynicism that you see in … some of the other cartoons. He's supposed to be a ro…"

"The essence of Gumby is that he makes children feel safe. He's their greatest pal."

"I didn’t allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air because I was very idealistic, and I didn’t want…"

"It’s so satisfying, and when you see it on screen, you feel like God because you’re bringing life to clay."

"Clokey says he underwent "a marvelous, life-changing experience" by taking LSD in supervised doses in the late 1960s.…"

"There are two kinds of genius, the imitable and the inimitable. "Gumby" is a work of the second sort, the thing so co…"

"Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personali…"

"Yeah, that story’s not finished. We have more things written already and figured out for it to finish, but somebody’s…"

"The kids’ business of animation is pretty much gone at this point, but adult animation has been steadily rising for t…"

"When my career dies, and I can’t sell a project or do anything else, that’s when [Dexter’s Laboratory] will return to…"