We've Got A Bunch Of New Writers

I May Be Biting Off More Than I Can Chew, But With 'the Simpsons' And With 'futurama,' What I'm Trying To Do In The Guise Of Light Entertainment, If This Is Possible - Is Nudge People, Jostle Them A Little, Wake Them Up To Some Of The Ways In Which We're Being Manipulated And Exploited.

I'm Not Going To Stop Torturing Myself Till I Figure Out The Cause Of My Pain.

The Thing About A Cartoon Is, You Can Do Whatever You Want. The Tightrope That We Are Walking On 'the Simpsons' And 'futurama' Is "how Do You Continue To Surprise The Audience, But Make Them Good Surprises?" Not Every Surprise Is Good, But You Want To Continue Jolting People.

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.

I Grew Up Completely Overwhelmed By Tv, And Part Of The Reason Why I Have Gone Into Television Is As A Way To Justify To Myself All Those Wasted Hours Of Watching Tv As A Kid. I Can Now Look Back And Say, 'oh, That Was Research.'