Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
BILL WATTERSONI 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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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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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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Raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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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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On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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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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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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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.”
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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