I think that we put too much weight on who the president is.

The president is the country's scapegoat more than the country's leader; the president has as much power as we think the president has. Whoever has the most money is the puppet master.

Wonder Showzen is one of my favorite shows of all time. When I first saw it, I thought it was so funny and new and original and edgy and insane and subversive. I didn't know comedy could do that.

Comedy is often about pain.

Let's hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.

If the crowd is full of assholes, it's no fun. If the crowd is cool, it's great.

[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. They knew how to execute absurd jokes.