It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
BILL WATTERSONWe don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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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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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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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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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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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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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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