Stephen Hillenburg Quotes


Our characters act silly, even totally ridiculous at times, and most of our jokes don't come out of pop cultural references. It seems like we're aiming at a child audience, but everyone can laugh at the basic human traits that are funny. It's playful, the humor is playful, the world is playful. You can kind of let go.


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.