You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
BILL WATTERSONNow if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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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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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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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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