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.
BILL WATTERSONMy likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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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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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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