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

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

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

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.

Drawing a funny animal, you don't need a lot of detail to make it work. But to draw a sexy girl, there's certain things you can't leave out.

If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience has to take it the way the composer gives it.