Quote

I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it's as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium.

Matt Groening

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Matt Groening
Age: 54
Actor
Animator
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Portland
Oregon
Matthew Abram Groening
Matthew Groening
Kill
Publishers
Going
Newspaper
Way
Medium
Think
Mediums
Thinking
Newspapers
Comic
Treated
Daily
Strips

More quotes by Matt Groening

Image
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?
Matt Groening
Image
I like all of the early relationship strips that were collected in 'Love Is Hell,' where I pretended to be an expert in relationships and did comics like 'The Nine Types of Boyfriends,' 'Sixteen Ways to End a Relationship,' 'Twenty-Four Things Not to Say in Bed,' and other arbitrarily numbered lists.
Matt Groening
Image
The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.
Matt Groening
Image
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
Matt Groening
Image
A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!
Matt Groening
Image
You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on. Homer Simpson
Matt Groening
Image
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
Matt Groening
Image
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.
Matt Groening
Image
'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.
Matt Groening
Image
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
Matt Groening
Image
I've been deadline-driven for my whole grown-up life, and that hasn't gone away. It is nice to be able to reflect about the big picture, about what kind of stories you want to tell, and how to take advantage of success.
Matt Groening
Image
The entire world of grown-ups is corrupt and stupid.
Matt Groening
Image
Homer no function beer well without.
Matt Groening
Image
I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time.
Matt Groening
Image
I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.
Matt Groening
Image
How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?
Matt Groening
Image
Let's face it, all the good stuff happens after midnight.
Matt Groening
Image
Of course I’ve gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It’s boring and no one listens to you! — Russ Cargill
Matt Groening
Image
With 'Futurama,' I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it it seemed so obvious that there should be an animated science fiction show set in the future. And one of the reasons why it's not, I learned, is that it's really, really difficult.
Matt Groening
Image
Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
Matt Groening