Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
BILL WATTERSONI wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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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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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.
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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’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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