I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I'd always enjoyed the comics more, and felt that as long as I was unemployed it would be a good chance to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of fantasy and adventure, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, I'm sure that's why I'm an… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“The world isn't fair, Calvin." "I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?” — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do. — Bill Watterson Copy Share
For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us. — Bill Watterson Copy Share
As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art. — Bill Watterson Copy Share
If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
I tell you all this because it's worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be!… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and… — Bill Watterson Copy Share
