Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There's a difference. I'm a cartoonist.

John [Kricfalusi] is so arrogant. He thinks he's me!