Quotes from Butch Hartman

I owe a lot to 'SpongeBob.'

Being a parent is not an easy job, which is why we try to create cartoons parents know are safe for their kids.

You should almost always draw in pen. It forces you to be confident. You can never erase, so it makes you really focus on your line and not wimp out.

Like any good business, I think Nickelodeon waits to see results.

I started out being a cartoonist at school, but I went to CalArts to study.

When you're a kid, helping an old lady across the street is kind of cute. But when you're an adult, it's just plain creepy.

I want adults to be the last ones to switch off a cartoon on TV.

Bunsen' is one of the best things I've been able to do. I'm so excited about it. Not only because of the awesome characters, but because of the incredible writing our team is doing. I think it combines the best traits of all my previous stuff and even adds a bit of extra weirdness here and there too.

I was working on 'My Little Pony' in the '80s, but I got fired because I couldn't draw the ponies well enough. It was a horrible show.

I want to encourage everyone to experiment and try out as many of your talents as you can because, if you utilize them properly, they will make you into a much more well-rounded person in the end.

You feel kind of powerless as a kid, so I wanted to create a world where the kid actually gets some power.

Whereas 'OddParents' was slam-bam and silly all the way through, 'Danny Phantom' has more of a good-guy-vs.-bad-guy comic book feel.

Fairly OddParents' is one of those rare shows that really resonated with people beyond demographics.

I think a lot of guys think they can do voice acting, but when you hear the pros and they are so great... that's a little intimidating.

My shows are frenetic and fast-paced.

It's always been tough to imagine the T.U.F.F. Puppy animal gang living next to Danny Phantom.

I thought about 'Johnny Quest' and how I loved that cartoon and what a cool name he has. I tried to come up with other names and thought 'Johnny Phantom' would be cool, a superpowered kid who was a ghostbuster.

When kids are kids, everything a parent does seems goofy.

Life is full of challenges, but I always have the Three Ps: Passion, patience and persistence. And the fourth one is pizza.

I'm a parent, and my kids think I'm an idiot.

I think it's funny when parents are idiots.

I've been in the industry for 15 years, and I knew all the pieces that needed to be included to make a series. It wasn't just about writing characters, it wasn't just about writing a funny joke.

When 'Johnny Bravo' was going to end, I thought, 'I really need to sell something. I need a job.' So, I sat down and just sketched this little boy with a fairy godmother. I was going to do a boy version of 'Cinderella.'

I've been drawing since about age 5. In kindergarten I drew a picture of my teacher and she loved it! Made a big fuss over me. That's when I realized that, if I drew cool pictures, I could get attention from adults. From that point on I was an attention freak!