Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
BILL WATTERSONThat’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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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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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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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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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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