This generation of young people ...music and pop culture has been pretty anti-intellectual. That's a hard thing to overcome. - Aaron McGruder

Well the only way for you to know (my thoughts on political questions) would be through The Boondocks. I decided a long time ago to stop engaging in the conversation. If I had anything worthwhile to say, I should say it in the work.

As I grew up I developed an interest in Garry Trudeau, and that's what took me into the direction of being a syndicated cartoonist.

Satire is the least commercially viable form of comedy. ... There really is a distaste for being preached at. People have a very low tolerance for it -- newspaper audiences have a way higher tolerance for it than others. But it's tough on TV.