Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
BILL WATTERSONVan Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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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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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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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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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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