I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis.

You break the story first, and then you go into the specifics.

At one point, I was hell-bent on being a Disney animator, and sort of got over that in college and wanted to do my own stuff. You know, towards the end of college I had actually planned to go to the Boston Conservatory of Music for musical theater.

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

The success of The Simpsons really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television.

The Simpsons are ugly-looking, and they should be. That's what works. That's one of the things that's funny.

There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.