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.
BILL WATTERSONIn the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
-
-
It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
BILL WATTERSON -
I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
BILL WATTERSON -
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
BILL WATTERSON -
Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
BILL WATTERSON -
Scientific Progress goes boink?
BILL WATTERSON -
You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
BILL WATTERSON -
Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
BILL WATTERSON -
Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
BILL WATTERSON -
I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
BILL WATTERSON -
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
BILL WATTERSON -
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
BILL WATTERSON -
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
BILL WATTERSON -
Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
BILL WATTERSON -
I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
BILL WATTERSON -
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?
BILL WATTERSON -
Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
BILL WATTERSON -
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 WATTERSON -
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
BILL WATTERSON -
As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
BILL WATTERSON -
You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
BILL WATTERSON -
What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
BILL WATTERSON -
That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
BILL WATTERSON -
Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
BILL WATTERSON -
My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
BILL WATTERSON -
One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
BILL WATTERSON -
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
BILL WATTERSON