I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
BILL WATTERSONIt’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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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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.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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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 let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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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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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
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Now 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.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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