In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
BILL WATTERSONI let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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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.
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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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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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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.
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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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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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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?
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