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.

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.

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.

From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now.

I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions.

Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

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