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Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

Matt Groening

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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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Matthew Abram Groening
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We have 'Doctor Who' references on 'Futurama,' but we have a lot of science fiction references that I don't get but in the staff we have experts on 'Star Trek,' 'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who' and 'Dungeons and Dragons.'
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The really great thing about having two TV shows going on at the same time is that I can go to one and say that I have to go and visit the other and then I can just go home and they don't know.
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Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
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You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.
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Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
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First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.
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Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
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The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching 'The Simpsons,' so they know exactly what buttons to push. They know how Bart irritates Homer, and they use these lines against me to tell me that I'm not funny anymore.
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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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'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.
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A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!
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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.
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I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody felt sorry for me. 'Oh, Matt's a cartoonist.' Then people further feeling sorry for me would ask me to draw Garfield. Because I'm a cartoonist, draw Snoopy or Garfield or something.
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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
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Everybody is clever, just in their own ways
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I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.
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When DVDs finally disappear, I'm going to be sad. I'll miss the commentaries.
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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.
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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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Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be particularly proud of, either.
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