My mom's last name is Bob. My dad's last name is Waksberg. Every time I try to get a ticket at will call, they say last name. And I say, Bob-Waksberg. And I see them looking under W. I go, no, Bob-Waksberg. And they go, no, last name. And I go no, my last name is Bob-Waksberg.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

My mom's last name is Bob. My dad's last name is Waksberg. Every time I try to get a ticket at will call, they say last name. And I say, Bob-Waksberg. And I see them looking under W. I go, no, Bob-Waksberg. And they go, no, last name. And I go no, my last name is Bob-Waksberg.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

It's something I've seen a lot of: these tortured geniuses, or self-proclaimed tortured geniuses, who kind of take their damage out on others. I think being a showrunner, you have a lot of unchecked power and I think that can be a very dangerous thing.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I am a big fan of 'Rick and Morty.'

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Any show that kind of relish the damage of its main character without really investigating what that damage does, where it's from or what it means, is a show I think needs to be taken down a peg.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

BoJack Horseman' would make sense in the world of 'Rick and Morty,' but it's hard to imagine Rick and Morty in the world of BoJack.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is one of my favorite movies of all time, and in fact it is maybe the first movie that I really loved in an adult way.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

It takes great strength and courage to ask for help.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I think '300 Arguments' is a real tiny wallop of a book. It looks very slim, and at first, each little two-sentence or one-sentence thing kind of stands on its own, but again, as you read it, you get sucked into the momentum of it, and the whole of it is much larger than the sum of its parts in a really beautiful way.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I really believe that comedy is an incredible tool, and you can use it in many ways.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I thought it would be a fun change of pace to do a show about a really sad, depressed character.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I thought it would be fun to make a cartoon about this sad, misanthropic horse.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Saying someone's a fan of animation is as silly as saying someone's a fan of live action. That can mean anything.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I don't know if animation is a style. It's a format.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I really liked the idea of a talking horse in a human world.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I think we're so often, as writers, afraid of writing something that is less than perfect, and that fear paralyzes us. I'm a big fan of writing less than perfect things.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

You need to know that you cannot control your feelings, and you cannot control your feelings about your feelings, but, as best as you can, intellectually understand that your feelings are valid and they're okay and don't try to stifle them or feel shame about them.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

With Bojack we are seeing him on this journey. I think we're hoping for him to find a way to be more gracious and kind and positive and better to people in his life and better to himself, but I don't know if I necessarily frame it as he was a bad person and he will become a good person.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I don't believe in good people and bad people.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I named him Todd Chavez after a guy I went to middle school with, whose last name was Chavez and who I always liked. He had a good energy, and something about his spirit felt Todd-appropriate.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I wanted BoJack to be more of a cautionary figure than someone that you aspire to be.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg