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.

Don't have a cow, man.

I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them. I was going to name the main character Matt, but I didn't think it would go over well in a pitch meeting, so I changed the name to Bart.

I'm a writer who just happens to draw.

You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.

Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be particularly proud of, either.

We've been running a little behind schedule. But only by about 15 years or so.