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George A. Meyer (born 1956) is an American producer and writer. Meyer is best known for his work on The Simpsons, where he led the group script rewrite sessions. He has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap[ing]...the comedic sensibility" of the show.

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As a John Kerry supporter, I wanted to send him a check. But then it occurred to me that most of that money would end up in the hands of advertising agencies and television networks. And the money would be used to create deceptive commercials that flatter our point of view and shade the facts our way. And I wasn't comfortable with that. But on the other hand, that's how the game is played. You're always grappling.

Agencies, Agency, Grappling, Hands, Networks, Views

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

Archival, Brain, Creative, Together

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it. If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes.

Catholicism, Interest, People, Think, Thinking, Writing

I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.

Character, Gulf, King, Kings, Upset, War

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

Laugh, Laughing, Release, Satisfying, Tension

I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

Nothing, Pharaohs, Purist, Respect, Strong

I had a bumper sticker on my car for a long time that said, "Kill your television. " People helpfully pointed out that I was a total fraud because I was a television writer.

Bumper, Car, Fraud, Long, People, Writer

There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia.

Malaysia, My Own, Seen, Way

As a child, I tried to play by the rules. I got very good grades in school; I was an Eagle Scout; and I believed in all of it.

Children, Eagle, Eagles, Play, School

I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.

Antagonism, Frankly, Individuality, Lama, Like, Science

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

Deep, Institutions, Social, Tradition

Instead of three networks you have three hundred or three thousand. Audiences are inundated with programming, and that sometimes gives them a sense of petulant entitlement.

Audiences, Giving, Inundated, Petulant, Sometimes, Three

I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.

Comedy, Idea, Ideas, Living, People, Smart

For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

Grotesque, Ideals, Marriage, Shimmering, Society, Unforgiving

Launching a new TV show is probably one of the most difficult things that a writer can do.

Launching, Show, Tv Shows, Tvs, Writer

The people who seem to have a lock on power get swept out in a couple of years. So it's naïve to keep swinging at the same targets over and over. It took me a long time to realize, but most of the shackles that I flailed against were just illusory.

Couple, Long, People, Shackles, Took, Years

Men often struggle with their attraction to other women. They don't quite understand why they have to be with the same woman forever.

Attraction, Forever, Men, Struggle, Women

I want to be tolerant of other people's beliefs. I have wonderful friends who are religious, and I don't want to say that they're dimwits. They should certainly be able to pursue what works for them. I'm just saying that it doesn't work for me and I don't want to pretend that it does.

Dimwits, People, Religious, Tolerant, Wonderful Friends, Work

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it.

Interest, Laugh, Laughing, People

I'm not religious. I do have a baby - a four-month old girl - and that's a religion in itself.

Baby, Girl, Religion, Religious

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