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.
BILL WATTERSONIf people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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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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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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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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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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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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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
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[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,
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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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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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