The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
On TV, it is more efficient to use voice-over people because it is really hard to get celebrity voices to recur in a series. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
Obviously, we’re never going to say what the Krabby Patty secret formula is. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
A sponge is a funny animal to center a show on. At first, I drew a few natural sponges – amorphous shapes, blobs – which was the correct thing to do biologically as a marine science teacher. Then I drew a square sponge, and it looked so funny. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
A natural sponge is not as funny. A square sponge also fit that squeaky-clean idea I was going for. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
In the ’70s, as a kid, someone took me to a Tournee of Animation festival at the L.A. County Museum of Art. Stephen Hillenburg Read Quote
