Matt Groening Quotes

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.

On 'Robot Chicken' we parodied a lot of things but it was done out of love.

I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often it's poking fun at the people who would be its audience.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV.

My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.

David Wain's character on 'Bob's Burgers' is really funny and silly and makes me laugh.

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

Trump is an amazing comedy writer without realizing it.

If you put me in 'South Park,' that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.

'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.