Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Matt Groening Read Quote
The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness – Mark Twain, ‘Catcher in the Rye.’ You provide kids with great stories and teach them how to use the tools to make their own. Matt Groening Read Quote
I think ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’ have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that ‘The Simpsons’ is taking jokes from ‘Family Guy.’ And I can tell you, that ain’t the case. Matt Groening Read Quote
I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, ‘Oh, that was research.’ Matt Groening Read Quote
One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor. Matt Groening Read Quote
On ‘The Simpsons,’ I will say that we definitely like to comment on what’s going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we’ve gone part of the way of accomplishing our task. Matt Groening Read Quote
Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I’m in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour. Matt Groening Read Quote
Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people. Matt Groening Read Quote
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. Matt Groening Read Quote
