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"Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention."
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"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

"The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest."

"If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you'd need world attention to be able to prove it."

"My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task."

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."
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"Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to."

"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."

"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."

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

"I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life."

"Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing."

"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."

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

"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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