For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
BILL WATTERSONThe strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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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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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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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: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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