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.

Ned, have you considered any of the other major religions? They're all pretty much the same.

America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well ... all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky starts we don't live in Paraguay!

You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try.' Homer Simpson

But we all had an agreement to let each other get away with everything! That's Capitalism!

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