Stephen Hillenburg Quotes


One night, I was really beat; we worked really late and went to get food at some takeout place. And I leaned over against this gumball machine, just exhausted, and there was a SpongeBob looking back at me. And it's just, like, 'Oh, brother.'


Citations

Hillenburg, Stephen. Interview by Tom Heintjes. "The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants." Hogan's Alley, no. 17, Bull Moose Publishing, 2010.

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Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen Hillenburg
  • Born: August 21, 1961
  • Died: November 26, 2018
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Animator, Marine Biologist, Storyboard Artist

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was an American animator and marine science educator. He is best remembered for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Hillenburg served as the showrunner for the first three seasons of the show, which has become the fifth-longest-running American animated series.