I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.

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.

Modern animated movies are the products not of anyone’s individual vision, but rather a scattered accumulation of compromises made out of fear by members of large committees.

The storyboard department doesn't talk to the layout department, which doesn't talk to the writing department. They're all jealous of each other.

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

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

I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.