Character Quote by Stephen Hillenburg

When I pitched the show, I made this special seashell. You could pick it up and hear me singing, 'Spongeboy, Spongeboy!' I also made…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I eventually thought of SpongeBob, but he needed a last name - SquarePants came to mind.

— Stephen Hillenburg

I was just looking at a packet that had SpongeBob thong underwear, so it goes farther than I would imagine.

— Stephen Hillenburg

Laurel and Hardy are among my strongest influences, and I think they're perfect examples of two naive, kid-like characters that are still funny today.…

— Stephen Hillenburg

Anyone who knows me knows that I will continue to work on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and my other passions for as long as I am…

— Stephen Hillenburg

On TV, it is more efficient to use voice-over people because it is really hard to get celebrity voices to recur in a series.

— Stephen Hillenburg

In the show, the whole point of the fast food - the fact that SpongeBob loves being part of the fast-food chain and that…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I studied marine biology, even taught marine science before I got into animation, so I had an interest in that field and those animals.

— Stephen Hillenburg

When you set out to do a show about a sponge, you can't anticipate this kind of craze. We just try to make ourselves…

— Stephen Hillenburg

Everybody's got some fascination with undersea life, don't you think?

— Stephen Hillenburg

The characters are likable. Even the villainous Plankton - he's still flawed, and you still root for him, in a way, and the style…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I thought, well, what about a show that stars undersea creatures, and some of the ones you rarely see animated. So, from there, I…

— Stephen Hillenburg