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" 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
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" Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling 'Bart,' and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog. "
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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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" I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again. "
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" 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. "
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" Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention. "
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" I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go. "
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" God often gives nuts to toothless people. "
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" I also found 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. "
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" You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it. "
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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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" There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well. "
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Good
Imperfection
" 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.' "
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Me
She
Small
" Charles Schultz is a really interesting case. He wrote that comic strip and drew it himself from beginning to end, and it's a work of genius. It's very simply drawn, but it has some really deep emotions that you don't expect in a silly-looking comic strip. "
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End
Interesting
Work
" 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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Sorry
People
Ask
" Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to. "
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Get
Joke
People
" 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. "
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Doing
Air
People
" 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. "
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Out
Line
Favorite
" 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. "
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Show
Why
Difficult
" I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great. "
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Great
Pretty
Pinball
" I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction. "
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Fiction
Always
The Simpsons
" 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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Way
Think
Going
" '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. "
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You
" It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have. "
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Hard
More
" When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. "
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Lesson
Learned
You
" Don't have a cow, man. "
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Man
Cow
" 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. "
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Animation
Hard
Fox
" The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the Rye.' You provide kids with great stories and teach them how to use the tools to make their own. "
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Great
Culture
You
" 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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