I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.

I was very disturbed when Jesus found a demon in a guy, and he put the demon in a herd of pigs, then sent them off a cliff. What did the pigs do? I could never figure that out. It just seemed very un-Christian. Technically, I'm an agnostic, but I definitely believe in hell -- especially after watching the fall TV schedule.

I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals flaming.

This doesn't happen in America! Maybe Ohio, but not in America!" Homer Simpson

I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life.

Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.