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.

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

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.

Operator! Give me the number for 911!

There is no strong beer, just weak men

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?

The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.