One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.

I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective

A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame.

People always say you can't win if you don't play

When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't.

The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became its own niche altogether.

My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.

Those for whom things came easily usually made less of an effort, not more.

God save us all from good-looking men.

They (corporations) cannot commit treason nor be outlawed nor excommunicated for they have no souls.

I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

All playwrights should be dead for three hundred years.

There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.

Education is an admirable thing.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.