Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing. Matt Groening More Quotes by Matt Groening More Quotes From Matt Groening 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 miserablejudgingpay I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great. Matt Groening pinballmachines I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go. Matt Groening places-to-gofrightenedtaverns Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention. Matt Groening tv-showsrewardsattention I went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.' Matt Groening balismall-villageslittles You toyed with my heart, like it was a toy heart. (Lisa Simpson) Matt Groening toysmy-heartheart 'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and... obsequious. Matt Groening tv-showsdown-andmemories 'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox. Matt Groening resultscreativefoxes The thing about a cartoon is, you can do whatever you want. The tightrope that we are walking on 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama' is "How do you continue to surprise the audience, but make them good surprises?" Not every surprise is good, but you want to continue jolting people. Matt Groening cartoonwantpeople The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work. Matt Groening drawinghard-workwish With "Futurama," I wanted to do unrequited love, and David Cohen agreed, and although our original plan was never to have Fry and Leela get together, we finally just said, "You can only string the fans along so far." Matt Groening unrequited-lovefanstogether 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.' Matt Groening doctorsstarswar When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time. Matt Groening tvsfoxesfirsts Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney. Matt Groening tinyexpectations Welcome to Suckersville, man. Matt Groening welcomemen 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. Matt Groening sarcasticfriendshipfunny You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try.' Homer Simpson Matt Groening tryinglifefunny 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? Matt Groening chemistrymurdergiving Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known... then went crazy as a loon." Lisa Simpson Matt Groening crazyhurtbeautiful Did you hear something?" "No." "Did I hear something?" "...I don't know. Matt Groening knows
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