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.

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.

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.

I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.

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.

It is better to watch things then to do them.

I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting.