When asked why he never quit, he delivered a simple response.

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"I just felt it was right for me to never quit, " he said.

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However, he never signed a long term contact and revealed he had made the decision to quit before the turn of the year.

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While Groening never expected the series to run for so long, he told the Screening Room he has no plans to quit while it's ahead.

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