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.
BILL WATTERSONAh, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
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Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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