Matt Groening Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Matt Groening
Matt Groening Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Matt Groening on Wise Famous Quotes.
In 'Futurama,' the skin color is no longer yellow. They have actually evolved to cartoon skin tone. But they still have four fingers.
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.
'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.
Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.
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.
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
- Russ Cargill
When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Books are useless! I only ever read one book, To Kill A Mockingbird, and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! - Homer Simpson
We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff.
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".
You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.
How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?
People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.
Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy it.
Warning signs that lover is bored:
1. Passionless kisses
2. Frequent sighing
3. Moved, left no forwarding address.
1. Passionless kisses
2. Frequent sighing
3. Moved, left no forwarding address.
I've found that child's play -stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy- was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.
As astute followers of 'Life in Hell' will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-shirt as Charlie Brown. 'Peanuts' was very important to me.
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.
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.
Painted on shirts went over so well I thought, why not painted on pants? Well, the big shot manager at Krusty Burger didn't agree!
Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.
Do we have any food that wasn't brutally slaughtered?" Homer: "Well, I think the veal died of loneliness.
For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin.
Ned, have you considered any of the other major religions? They're all pretty much the same.
Reverend Lovejoy
Reverend Lovejoy
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'
I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.
I'm a fan of animation and so, the more stuff that doesn't look like the other stuff that's out there, I'm in favor.
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.
Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.