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.
BILL WATTERSONI don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
-
-
When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
BILL WATTERSON -
I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
BILL WATTERSON -
Mothers are the necessity of invention.
BILL WATTERSON -
That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
BILL WATTERSON -
I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
BILL WATTERSON -
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
BILL WATTERSON -
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!!!
BILL WATTERSON -
We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
BILL WATTERSON -
Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
BILL WATTERSON -
Scientific Progress goes boink?
BILL WATTERSON -
I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
BILL WATTERSON -
I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
BILL WATTERSON -
The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
BILL WATTERSON -
Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
BILL WATTERSON -
Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
BILL WATTERSON