As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I'd like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms! — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I was offered a job at the Cincinnati Post as their editorial cartoonist in a trial six month arrangement. The agreement was… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was fired, I applied to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before… — 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 Image
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
