I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
BILL WATTERSONHold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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