If At First You Don't Succeed -

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.

Solitude Never Hurt Anyone. Emily Dickinson Lived Alone, And She Wrote Some Of The Most Beautiful Poetry The World Has Ever Known... Then Went Crazy As A Loon." Lisa Simpson

I Like The 'simpsons' Pinball Machines. Those Are Pretty Great.

I Had Been Drawing My Weekly Comic Strip, 'life In Hell,' For About Five Years When I Got A Call From Jim Brooks, Who Was Developing 'the Tracey Ullman Show' For The Brand-new Fox Network. He Wanted Me To Come In And Pitch An Idea For Doing Little Cartoons On That Show.

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.