Genndy Tartakovsky took a chance with [Samurai Jack (2001)] and said, "I want to do this type of storytelling with mostly visuals." It's one of the most beautiful and elegant cartoons I've ever seen.
[on the popularity of "The Powerpuff Girls" (1998)_] A friend of my mother's was on a trip in the Amazon and said she saw kids wearing Powerpuff shirts and it's just like. I had no idea it would ever get that huge.