I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
BILL WATTERSONIt’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.”
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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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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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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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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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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Calvin: Medically speaking:. That’s love?!?….. Hobbes: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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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Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
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