 Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing. |
| When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time. |
| I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again. |
| We've been running a little behind schedule. But only by about 15 years or so. |
| Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems. |
| I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun. |
| I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top. |
| A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things. |
| Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before. |
| When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. |
| It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have. |
| It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more. |
| Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. |
| Eat my shorts! Topics: Short |
| When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. |
| Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. |
| I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level. |
| Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked. |
| The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television. |
| We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff. |
