I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
BILL WATTERSONI thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
BILL WATTERSONIt’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
BILL WATTERSON[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
BILL WATTERSONProblems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
BILL WATTERSONI’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
BILL WATTERSONI don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
BILL WATTERSONEverybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin 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.
BILL WATTERSONDo 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.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
BILL WATTERSONGood friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
BILL WATTERSONI like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
BILL WATTERSONThey say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
BILL WATTERSONI’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
BILL WATTERSON