I'm Not Going To Stop

It's A Funny Show. The Characters Are Surprisingly Likable, Given How Ugly They Are. We've Got This Huge Cast Of Characters That We Can Move Around. And Over The Last Few Seasons, We've Explored Some Of The Secondary Characters' Personal Lives A Bit More.

People Go Into Cartooning Because They're Shy And They're Angry. That's When You're Sitting In The Back Of A Classroom Drawing The Teacher.

I Have Less To Do With 'the Simpsons' Every Season, But I Stick My Nose In Here And There. Basically, It's Just Trying To Keep The Characters Consistent And Making Sure The Show Has A Soul.

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.

With 'futurama,' I Was Just Worried That Somebody Would Beat Us To It; It Seemed So Obvious That There Should Be An Animated Science Fiction Show Set In The Future. And One Of The Reasons Why It's Not, I Learned, Is That It's Really, Really Difficult.