Ive loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and Ive read quite extensively as an adult. – Matt Groening
Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons subversive story telling, but theres another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. – Matt Groening
Weve got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. Its bizarre, and theyre writing some very funny stuff. – Matt Groening
Our solution on The Simpsons is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who dont, it doesnt matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, Doh! – Matt Groening
Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden theyre completely dependent on you and theres a third generation. Its a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents. – Roger Federer