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.
BILL WATTERSONI’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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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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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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I 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?
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I 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.
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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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’d hate to have a kid like me.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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