We have 'Doctor Who' references on 'Futurama,' but we have a lot of science fiction references that I don't get; but in the staff we have experts on 'Star Trek,' 'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who' and 'Dungeons and Dragons.'

If God didn't want us to eat cows, why are they made out of meat?

The world ends when I die. And as far as I'm concerned, the rest of the universe might as well call it a day too.

I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The Simpsons', and then later in life they see the thing we're parodying. My kids had not seen 'Casablanca,' and we'd done parodies of 'Casablanca.'

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.

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.