Stephen Hillenburg Quotes

To do a 75-minute movie about SpongeBob wanting to make some jellyfish jelly would be a mistake, I think.

In case you haven't caught the commercials, I'm in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.

'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish.

I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a 'SpongeBob' comic book from me. All the stories will be original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' series.

I feel that I owe a lot to SpongeBob and all Bikini Bottom for helping me figure out what I thought was funny and entertaining.

I like 'SpongeBob' for real - I used to watch it 24-7.

I see SpongeBob on ice-cream trucks a lot, and I've got bootleg SpongeBob merchandise from Mexico.

I always pushed back on doing long-form. I imagined SpongeBob as being simple, and I wanted to concentrate on character humor.

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

I think anyone can actually sing. It's the mindset. Singing is imitation.

I would say I'm the normal level of 'SpongeBob' fan, which is that it's been out since I was a kid, and it's part of the zeitgeist.

Someone once told me I looked like Mr Incredible out of 'The Incredibles.'

The shortest thing I ever had to do was at Disney. A show called 'Bonkers.'

Going from 'Dexter' to 'Powerpuff,' there was a lot of dialogue, there was a lot of... you know, we did action, of course, but I was getting burned out on the words, and both shows had this big, thick black outline.

I think my channel has a Disney-esque vibe. It's a friendly place.

I can hold a note, but that's about it.

Tom Kenny is awesome.

I actually do sing sometimes.

Twentysomethings thank me for their childhood... SpongeBob lives at the bottom of the sea, but he brings a lot of great stuff to the surface.

When you walk into a room and you're asking someone to give you money to finance an idea, that's never easy.

For those of you that have been following Ultimate Spider-Man, you know how we took that show and brought it to the next level of what Marvel Television is doing. And Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. was the next level of what we wanted to get to.

I just watched cartoons for three years, and that had a strong affect on me.

I look for the entrepreneur to capture my attention. If you don't come out with a great presentation, you're dead. That's a big red flag.

The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.