I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I’m deliriously happy all the time. Matt Groening Read Quote
I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it’s as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium. Matt Groening Read Quote
Our solution on ‘The Simpsons’ is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don’t, it doesn’t matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, ‘D’oh!’ Matt Groening Read Quote
Cartooning is for people who can’t quite draw and can’t quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career. Matt Groening Read Quote
I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go. Matt Groening Read Quote
We have ‘Doctor Who’ references on ‘Futurama,’ but we have a lot of science fiction references that I don’t get; but in the staff we have experts on ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Dungeons and Dragons.’ Matt Groening Read Quote
I have less to do with ‘The Simpsons’ every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it’s just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul. Matt Groening Read Quote
The Simpsons’ obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don’t really like the show. They don’t like ‘The Simpsons’ at Fox. Matt Groening Read Quote
With ‘Futurama,’ I wanted to do unrequited love, and David Cohen agreed, and although our original plan was never to have Fry and Leela get together, we finally just said, ‘You can only string the fans along so far.’ Matt Groening Read Quote
