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.
BILL WATTERSONThe problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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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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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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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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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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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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