Matt Groening Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.”
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“A lot of American shows don't last for as long as 12 episodes. They get cut after one. But certainly one of the great things about The Office in particular was that there was a beginning, a middle and an end.”
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“Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.”
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“I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?”
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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.”
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“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.”
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“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.”
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“I plead alignment to the flakes of the untitled snakes of a merry cow and to the republicrats for which they scam: one nacho, underpants with licorice and jugs of wine for owls.”
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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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“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.”
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“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
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“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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“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.”
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“Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.”
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“When you're as important as I am, getting your feelings hurt by me is almost an honor.”
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“I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.”
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“I don't mind sharing the blame if she'll just admit she started it.”
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“How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?”
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“I'm not going to stop torturing myself till I figure out the cause of my pain.”
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“You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.”
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“God often gives nuts to toothless people.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“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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“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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“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.”
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“I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.”
-- Matt Groening
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