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.”
BILL WATTERSONIt’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
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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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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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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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If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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