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.
BILL WATTERSONHaving an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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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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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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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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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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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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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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