I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.

I don't really know what the average person thinks about animation. I think the average person thinks that it's made by cartoonists - and it used to be. When people think of The Simpsons, they think of Matt Groening. They don't think of whoever the 200 writers are.

My style is very strong poses and expressions.

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up.

There are artists who are writers, but there was no such thing as cartoons that were written by somebody who couldn't draw.

If you're a kid wanting to be a cartoonist today, and you're looking at Family Guy, you don't have to aim very high.

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.