In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators. – Joseph Barbera
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought. – Joseph Barbera
My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned. – Joseph Barbera
I dont know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me. – Joseph Barbera
Im not a good father and theyre not children any more the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers morality in life and they were not my people any more. – Wilbur Smith