I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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.
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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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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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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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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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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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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Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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