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"Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked."
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"I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in."
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"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."
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"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."
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"Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue."
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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."
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"The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now."
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"Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour."
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"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."
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"Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked."
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"In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing."
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"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."
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"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."
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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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"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."
History
"Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to."
People
"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."
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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 love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level."
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"Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems."
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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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