Aaron McGruder
We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
There's some new evidence that has just come out about the CIA planning terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in the '60s and how they were going to set up Castro for it in order to get America behind a war in Cuba.
I'm not a Democrat.
And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.Collection: Mistake
I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on 'Seinfeld'.Collection: Real
When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.Collection: Ego
I have to remind myself - I think the population of the United States has been subjected to the most sophisticated form of propaganda and mind control that any group of people has been exposed to in a very, very long time. It's difficult for people in this country to get any kind of factual information and to make intelligent decisions based on them.Collection: Country
Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.Collection: Believe
Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.Collection: Enemy
I do think comics are a dying art form because newspapers are a dying medium. But it's not to say that in the next generation, where there's people getting their news electronically, comics won't survive. Right now, they're still largely attached to the newspaper world. And the more they can break away from that, the more they have a chance to live on.Collection: Art
That's not saying there's not a bunch of good Democrats. I'm sure there's a lot of people who still haven't figured that out yet or simply don't want to have that pessimistic of an outlook, but I think the Democratic Party is completely worthless.Collection: Party
But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there's a difference in the people, and I had health care.Collection: America
I think, being a public figure - which, I have to admit, I guess I'm largely responsible for, in terms of going out and putting myself out there - comes with its own burdens, and its own things that cause you stress, and its own worries.Collection: Stress
It's not the norm when creators have any protections with regards to creative control. And so it took some time, I think, for the strip to gain enough popularity where I had enough leverage to come in and say, "It has to be done in a certain way or it's not going to be done at all," and then have people willing to put up with that who were ultimately paying for it. You know, for them to be willing to kind of concede those kind of things. It just takes time, you know?Collection: Thinking
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.Collection: Jesus
You collapse a few times, and you put your head in your hands, and you say, "Oh my god, how am I gonna get through this?" You have a few of those nights, and then you get over it and you keep it moving. And those nights... As you get more used to the strain, I guess those nights are fewer and farther between. So that's the best you can hope for. It's a tough job and it's a lot to pull out of your brain.Collection: Moving
We don't need a two-party system. We need something else. Because at this point, the two-party system is really just a one-party system. And that one party is crumbling.Collection: Party
I think revolution is always a little bit possible. I think it won't look or sound anything like what we would expect. But I think revolution is very difficult, and I'm not optimistic for any kind of dramatic change.Collection: Optimistic
The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.Collection: Educated
Don't get me wrong, it definitely ain't the Democratic Party either. They're so bad, I mean I'm actually starting to believe that John Kerry was just token resistance, that he literally was down with George W.Bush. It was just such a horrible, horrible, horrible thing to see, that campaign. So, you know, I don't know what's going on.Collection: Party
I really get a little bit confused by all this "angry angry angry" talk when all I do is tell jokes and at least some people find it funny.Collection: Confused
I think that's always been part of the thinking behind the script, that - and I really tried really hard to impress that upon the staff of the show, the animation staff - to try to get them to understand that we would only be able to get away with what we were writing if the visuals were appealing enough that it was like a balance, and even people who didn't like what they were hearing would still not want to turn away because what they were seeing was so nice. So that was kind of my hunch, and I think it worked.Collection: Nice
Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.Collection: Smart
It may sound weird, but I don't really look for culture, particularly in an American city.Collection: Culture
I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.Collection: Mean
Meeting Fidel Castro was really cool. It's cool because it's Fidel, and it's a world leader, and there's so much history behind the man and who he is in this hemisphere. And then at the end of the day, he's, I think, just like a big mayor. There's only, like, 11 million people in Cuba. He's a big mayor.Collection: Men
I'm not crazy impressed with New York. I mean, I don't buy into that whole thing: Everyone in New York is all sophisticated, and they're into art and sophisticated things, and everyone in L.A. is just shallow entertainment people. I think people are just shallow across the board.Collection: Art
In USA culture is just a matter of commerce. So, you know, I don't really look for that, and I don't expect to find it in any city.Collection: Culture
I went to Havana, and I was like, "Wow, there's culture everywhere!" That was one thing that I did notice when I went to Cuba was that artists are paid to be artists, and poets are paid to be poets, and musicians are paid to be musicians by the government. The government - and I'm not saying that the Cuban government's perfect - but the government does place a value on culture.Collection: Artist
I don't think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.Collection: Thinking
We did our best to do a Fox show, frankly, I don't think the difficulties we had at Fox would be exclusive to Fox. It's tough to be funny, because there's so many eyeballs and there's so much money at stake that I think everything is just kind of over-thought. And it's tough to be daring and do something different, either with regards to content or even structure.Collection: Thinking
I'm kind of conscious and aware of how ridiculous everyone involved with politics or talking about politics, especially on television, is - all the shouting matches and the screaming and the over-the-top personalities, and everyone's just playing. It's like WWF for news, almost. It's really ridiculous and I really don't want to be a part of it, and I'm not trying to put on this persona of this angry revolutionary to get people to follow me.Collection: People
I saw Nader shortly before the election and - I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term strategy of building a viable third party. So, okay, we'll get enough votes, you get a little bit more money, and maybe, if there's continued growth, then maybe eventually there's hope for a viable, legitimate third party. I think the reason why I didn't vote for him last time was because we tried that and it didn't work. Ralph Nader is a very smart guy, and I think he's got a lot of good ideas.Collection: Smart
I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.Collection: Thinking
I guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said "no weapons in Iraq." Now they call that history.Collection: Conspiracy
At least when I was young, in high school: "Eh, voting doesn't mean nothing." You don't really know that to be true, you just say it. Then you get older, and responsible, and you go, "Oh heck, let me vote." And then you vote and you go away. I was actually right when I was 16.Collection: School
Voting really doesn't mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it's kind of a sham.Collection: Mean
I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.Collection: Country