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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.

Matt Groening

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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television.
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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.
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Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.
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Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
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Oh, loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix.
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People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.
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Everybody is clever, just in their own ways
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My life changed when I was able to not only get seated in nice restaurants, I was given free appetizers. That was like, Oh, my God, I've arrived.
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My standard comment is, If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.
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How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
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Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.
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I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.
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Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.
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I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.
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I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I wanted was a club sandwich.
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Don't have a cow, man.
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I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.
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'Adult Swim' on the Cartoon Network is unbelievable. And 'South Park' continues to do great stuff. And 'Family Guy' and the various other Seth MacFarlane projects are amazing.
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How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?
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