Quotes About Author

Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

I like 'The Simpsons' like everybody else. But yeah - people think I'll always be super intense.

I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.

ESPN has so many characters, it's like 'The Simpsons.'

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.

'The Simpsons' is still my favorite show. I have a really strong connection to it.

Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is 'The Simpsons'.

'The Sopranos' was a very East Coast show; 'Heroes' is more organically global.

I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

I knew The Who because Id worked with Shel Talmy and engineered 'My Generation' and all that early stuff.

I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running - fleeing - to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.

In college, I actually majored in Musical Theater. I was pursuing a BFA in Musical Theater.

When I lived in Ojai, I did community theater, and I was intrigued by acting.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.

I've been lucky enough to be part of some great ensembles in theater - I'd been doing theater since college.

I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to live in the Hollywood Hills, behind Grauman's Theater, and I'd always hit the matinees.

I love movies; many an afternoon skipping school were spent in a funky, run-down Brooklyn movie theater.

I come from the theater, where the response to your work is immediate, and I suppose there's a part of me that still craves that.

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.