Bill Watterson Quotes

Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.

Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?

Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.

I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?

I've been thinking Hobbes" "On a weekend?" "Well, it wasn't on purpose

Scientific Progress goes boink?

Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.

You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it.

The writing doesn't distract me while I'm drawing and vice versa. I can devote my full attention to each.

Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you know it.

My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.

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.

I'M SIGNIFICANT!!! ... Say's the dust speck.

From now on, I'm not doing anything I don't want to do! The world owes me happiness, fulfillment and success... I'm just here to cash in.

Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.

Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.

It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.

I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.

You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.

Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another

I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.

Planet Bog - Pools of toxic chemicals bubble under a choking atmosphere of poisonous gases... but aside from that, it's not much like Earth.

It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!

The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

MOMMMM, I'm thirsty... What's this, just water?

I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us.

I'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So long as it has my name on it, I want it to be mine.

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

People pay more attention when they think you’re up to something.

The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!

The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.

I enjoy the drawing more than the writing, so I try to think of ideas that will allow me to develop the visual side of the strip as fully as possible.

I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.

My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.

My problem is that I don't paint ambitiously. It's all catch and release - just tiny fish that aren't really worth the trouble to clean and cook.

Cleveland is a really hard place, it's a very creative place, it feeds you creatively, but it's a very hard place to make a living creatively.

I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.

Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?

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I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!

I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin

I have all these great genes, but they're recessive. That's the problem here.

Boy, there's nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.

I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I've got to go to school the next day. It's like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.