Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons",
speaking on fans of "The Simpsons":
"I have this comic strip called 'Life In Hell',
which runs in 200 newspapers, and I get a lot of
fan mail from generally articulate, literate people.
And now I walk down the street and I see people
wearing Simpsons T shirts who I'm afraid might
beat me up, so the quality of fans has broadened.
The people who are my fans now frighten me."
-- from "Newsweek" magazine, June 18, 1990, page 13