The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
BILL WATTERSONI like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Calvin: Medically speaking:. That’s love?!?….. Hobbes: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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