You toyed with my heart, like it was a toy heart. (Lisa Simpson)

Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons." --Mr. Burns

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.

The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.

When DVDs finally disappear, I'm going to be sad. I'll miss the commentaries.