Matt Groening

Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor. His show "The Simpsons" has earned him the top spot on his fans' minds.  It is the longest running U.S. primetime television series in history, as well as the longest running animated series and sitcom. Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, ten for The Simpsons and two for Futurama as well as a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012.

"Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.

If I have one technology tip of the day, it's this: No matter how good the video on YouTube is, don't read the comments, just don't, because it will make you hate all humans.

You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.