I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.

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

Son, if you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.

Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.

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