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.

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

The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style.

George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already.

The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant.

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