One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director.

In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.

If you're a kid wanting to be a cartoonist today, and you're looking at Family Guy, you don't have to aim very high.

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.

Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.

When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

If I didn't already sense that I was different, I certainly was reminded, whether by my parents or by the other school kids. Not just reminded. Told... I was made to believe it wasn't right. If I went a little bit too off - slap! It was Dad's upbringing and it was Victorian, and that's the way he was.