I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
BILL WATTERSONI let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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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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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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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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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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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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