In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
BILL WATTERSONWhat’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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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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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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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?
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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