When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces...I just know they're about to jab me with something.

Being a good embalmer is a thankless job.

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman. Homer Simpson

With "Futurama," I wanted to do unrequited love, and David Cohen agreed, and although our original plan was never to have Fry and Leela get together, we finally just said, "You can only string the fans along so far."

When you're as important as I am, getting your feelings hurt by me is almost an honor.

I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction.

Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling "Bart," and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog.