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.
BILL WATTERSONIf 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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
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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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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it.
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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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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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