Matt Groening Quotes

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.
Matt Groening

Daily, Newspaper, Treated

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

I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.
Matt Groening

Places, Frightened, Seemed

I'm a writer who just happens to draw.
Matt Groening

Happens, Writer, Draw

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, Looking, Loved

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
Matt Groening

Time, Parents, Hard

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
Matt Groening

Love, Gun, Dancing

Me fail english? Thats unpossible.
Matt Groening

Fail, English, Thats

Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.
Matt Groening

Attention, Shows, Tv

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, Kid, Audience

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

History, Done, Before

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.
Matt Groening

Funny, Sometimes, Another

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.
Matt Groening

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

Work, Hard, Wish

The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television.
Matt Groening

Done, Seen, Television

We've been running a little behind schedule. But only by about 15 years or so.
Matt Groening

Behind, Running, Schedule

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.
Matt Groening

Funny, Writing, Tell

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

Forget, Kid, Vowed

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

Sex, Important, Learned

When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Matt Groening

Sex, Important, Learned

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

Time, Nothing, Hard

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: February 15, 1954

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