How I imagined myself being 50 is not how I am feeling now. You think you'll be different, but I still feel like I am about 12 years old - mentally, not physically.

After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.

If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.

It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.

There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.

There is no strong beer, just weak men