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" A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen. "
Matt Groening
People
Never
Real
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" Don't have a cow, man. "
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Cow
" '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
Memories
Look
Down
" With animation, because you can draw anything and do anything and have the characters do whatever you want, the tendency is to be very loose with the boundaries and the rules. "
Matt Groening
You
Animation
Boundaries
" 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.' "
Matt Groening
Life
Watching
Know
" I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go. "
Matt Groening
Just
Go
Always
" 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
Funny
Face
Daily
" Eat my shorts! "
Matt Groening
Eat
Shorts
" 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
Me
Wish
Hard
" The scary thing about the future... there will be tiny cameras everywhere, and they'll be flying around like mosquitoes and drones. That will be bad. Drones are scary. You can't reason with a drone. "
Matt Groening
Scary
Reason
Flying
" Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked. "
Matt Groening
Think
Rare
Writing
" I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV. "
Matt Groening
Way
Media
Watch
" Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before. "
Matt Groening
Beginning
Done
History
" 'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the shows, if you're paying attention, are pretty smart and pretty sophisticated. "
Matt Groening
Kind
Goofy
You
" I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult. "
Matt Groening
Science
Loved
Looking
" Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention. "
Matt Groening
TV Shows
Most
Reward
" My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.' "
Matt Groening
Act
Like
Want
" I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction. "
Matt Groening
Fiction
Always
The Simpsons
" When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. "
Matt Groening
Lesson
Learned
You
" One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself. "
Matt Groening
Thinking
Audience
Kid
" My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around or at dinner, and in 1963 he and I made up a story about a brother and a sister, Lisa and Matt, having an adventure out in the woods with animals. "
Matt Groening
Adventure
Father
Sister
" I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great. "
Matt Groening
Great
Pretty
Pinball
" With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Charlie Brown and those characters was the absence of the parents. Half the strip was about who wasn't there. The parents were never in the picture. "
Matt Groening
Picture
Loneliness
Thought
" I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun. "
Matt Groening
Be Careful
Gun
Got
" I gave away 'Life in Hell' when it was a little 'zine, and sold it at record stores for $1, and I knew from the time that I first did it that I would continue to do it, because it was fun. "
Matt Groening
Away
First
Fun
" I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them. I was going to name the main character Matt, but I didn't think it would go over well in a pitch meeting, so I changed the name to Bart. "
Matt Groening
Family
Think
Sister
" It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have. "
Matt Groening
Listen
Hard
More
" Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour. "
Matt Groening
Mind
Good
People
" Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. "
Matt Groening
Little
Dancing
You
" We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that's why there hasn't been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they'll start doing movies. "
Matt Groening
Doing
Air
People
" 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. "
Matt Groening
My Life
Think
Crazy