The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became its own niche altogether.

I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective

When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't.

A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame.

When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.

People always say you can't win if you don't play

One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.