Matt Groening Quotes

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  • Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.

  • Me fail English? That's unpossible.

    "Fictional character: Ralph". "The Simpsons" ("Lisa on Ice"), November 13, 1994.
  • You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.

  • I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.

    "The Simpsons: Team Homer". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1996.
  • 'The Simpsons' was about children and married parents; 'Futurama' is about people in between; they're growing up and haven't settled down. Every other cartoon show seemed to be, you know, dumb dad, bratty kids.

  • I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'

  • Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.

    "Explaining Groening - One on one with the sultan of fun". Interview for Simpsons Illustrated, Volume 1, No. 9 (pp. 22-30), www.simpsonsarchive.com. Summer 1993.
  • I'm not going to stop torturing myself till I figure out the cause of my pain.

  • 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.

    "'Futurama' ends: The Matt Groening interview, Part 2" by Robert Lloyd, articles.latimes.com. July 24, 2013.
  • Warning signs that lover is bored: 1. Passionless kisses 2. Frequent sighing 3. Moved, left no forwarding address.

  • I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The Simpsons', and then later in life they see the thing we're parodying. My kids had not seen 'Casablanca,' and we'd done parodies of 'Casablanca.'

  • American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. Mark Twain had a great moustache, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin ... but Zappa, he's got the best moustache in American history. Got the moustache, right, and he's got that little thing on his chin, I think it's called an imperial, that is, like, the coolest thing. That's like one of the great icons of the twentieth century.

  • How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?

  • If people only knew how much I secretly hated them, they'd love me for holding it in.

  • I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

  • 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 don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!'

    "Homer's last stand" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2002.
  • Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

    Quoted in L.A. Times, 14 Feb. 1991
  • I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?

    "Matt Groening looks to the future". Interview with Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. February 26, 2009.
  • The entire world of grown-ups is corrupt and stupid.

  • Did you hear something?" "No." "Did I hear something?" "...I don't know.

  • I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.

  • First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

  • You toyed with my heart, like it was a toy heart. (Lisa Simpson)

  • I’ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

    "The Simpsons/ The Old Man and the Lisa". Animation, Comedy, 1997.
  • 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.

    "Matt Groening, Grabbing for Laughs in the Darkness". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www-s4.npr.org. July 26, 2007.
  • I promise I'll do anything for you, especialy if it's easy. Homer Simpson

  • I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life.

  • I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.

  • Buy Space Ghost cereal, but don't eat the prizes.

  • But we all had an agreement to let each other get away with everything! That's Capitalism!

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