Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
BILL WATTERSONWith each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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Raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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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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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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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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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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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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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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.
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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