“I’m not like a high intellectual.”

I did speak out about celebrities because I thought it was appalling. I thought that if the cartoon became popular, it was only going to last as long as the career of the people who are in it.

I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”

Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.

John Kricfalusi is very talented; he used to really piss me off. But I did good work, you know? The Ren & Stimpy show without me was totally unsuccessful.

All actors used to sound different. Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable. They were like men’s voices, but they weren’t Everyman, it was them.

Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.

Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.

Everybody. Somebody would just stick their head in the door and say, “He sounds too Jewish.” Or, “He’s too tough, he’s off-putting. You gotta seduce kids, not scare them out the door.”

I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.

The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.

The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.

To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It’s hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff – so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.

Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.

I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.

I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.

I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.

The fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.

If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

Like you might love watching basketball, but that don’t mean that you’ll get on the court.