I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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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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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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They 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.
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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