Matt Groening

Quote: Families are about love overcoming emotional torture. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. [Matt Groening]

Quote: A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things. [Matt Groening]

Quote: A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Don't have a cow, man. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Donuts. Is there anything they can't do? [Matt Groening]

Quote: Eat my shorts! [Matt Groening]

Quote: Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to. [Matt Groening]

Quote: God often gives nuts to toothless people. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top. [Matt Groening]

Quote: I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult. [Matt Groening]

Quote: It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more. [Matt Groening]

Quote: It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have. [Matt Groening]

Quote: 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. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Me fail english? Thats unpossible. [Matt Groening]

Quote: Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention. [Matt Groening]

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