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.”
BILL WATTERSONGetting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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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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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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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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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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