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.

Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy it.

The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny.

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