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If at first you don't succeed - give it up. It isn't worth the pain.

Matt Groening

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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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Portland
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Matthew Abram Groening
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I personally like the idea of newspapers. It's a good format. You can read it in whatever order you want. You can glance at it. There is something about a single screen and scrolling through pages that just doesn't have the same appeal.
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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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Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel.
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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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'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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I think people who work in comedy and humor are hesitant to analyze it too much, because you feel like if you take it apart, you'll break it and not be able to put it back together again.
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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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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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The world ends when I die. And as far as I'm concerned, the rest of the universe might as well call it a day too.
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I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?
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Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
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Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of TV radiation have left your genitals withered and useless.
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Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons. --Mr. Burns
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When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces...I just know they're about to jab me with 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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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.
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Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
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I'm not going to stop torturing myself till I figure out the cause of my pain.
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