--- title: "15 Cartoonist Quotes By Bill Watterson" description: "15 Cartoonist quotes by Bill Watterson. Plus more from Bill Watterson and more Cartoonist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-ho_1189106.png" --- > [Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-how-i-miss-the-groupies-drugs/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-ho_1189106.png) > [I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-instinct-that-i-think-makes-a/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-ins_2666364.png) > [When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-honestly-and-seriously-about/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/bill-watterson-728_believe_when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-ho_1666879.png) > [Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/garry-trudeau-is-the-only-cartoonist-with-the-clout-to-get-his-strip/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_garry-trudeau-is-the-only-cartoonist-wit_2330940.jpg) > [I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-write-separately-from-the-inking-up-i-m-sure-this-varies-from/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-write-separately-from-the-inking-up-i_1261738.png) > [I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-hope-some-historian-will-confirm-that-i-was-the-first-cartoonist-to/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/bill-watterson-728_booger_i-hope-some-historian-will-confirm-that_465818.png) > [I'd like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-d-like-to-see-cartoonists-measuring-their-work-by-higher-standards/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-d-like-to-see-cartoonists-measuring-th_1560967.jpg) > [As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/as-a-kid-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-either-a-cartoonist-or-an-astronaut/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/bill-watterson-728_astronaut_as-a-kid-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-either-a_59946.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/if-you-re-a-painter-it-s-simply-taken-for-granted-that-you-ll-spend-a/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_if-you-re-a-painter-it-s-simply-taken-fo_3005739.png) > [I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was fired, I applied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-think-the-experience-forced-me-to-consider-how-interested-i-was-in/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/bill-watterson-728_break_i-think-the-experience-forced-me-to-cons_1597296.jpg) > [We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/we-consume-everything-like-potato-chips-in-this-environment-i-suspect/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/bill-watterson-728_audience_we-consume-everything-like-potato-chips_2640611.png) > [Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/too-often-cartoonists-just-look-at-other-cartoonists-and-after-a-lot/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_too-often-cartoonists-just-look-at-other_1037977.jpg) > [I was offered a job at the Cincinnati Post as their editorial cartoonist in a trial six month arrangement. The agreement was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-was-offered-a-job-at-the-cincinnati-post-as-their-editorial/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/bill-watterson-728_agreement_i-was-offered-a-job-at-the-cincinnati-po_2116436.jpg) > [Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/amazingly-much-of-the-best-cartoon-work-was-done-early-on-in-the/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_amazingly-much-of-the-best-cartoon-work_366999.jpg) > [The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/the-syndicates-take-the-strip-and-sell-it-to-newspapers-and-split-the/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/bill-watterson-728_actors_the-syndicates-take-the-strip-and-sell-i_315351.jpg) ## Other authors on Cartoonist ## More by Bill Watterson > [Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/calvin-the-more-you-know-the-harder-it-is-to-take-decisive-action/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/a-day-can-really-slip-by-when-you-re-deliberately-avoiding-what-you/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/for-your-information-i-m-staying-like-this-and-everyone-else-can-just/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-think-most-of-us-would-be-horrified-to-meet-ourselves-and-discover/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/as-a-kid-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-either-a-cartoonist-or-an-astronaut/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/miss-wormwood-calvin-your-test-was-an-absolute-disgrace-it-s-obvious/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/calvin-today-for-show-and-tell-i-ve-brought-a-tiny-miracle-of-nature/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/united-features-had-given-me-a-development-contract-which-meant-i-was/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/what-assurance-do-i-have-that-your-parenting-isn-t-screwing-me-up/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/in-the-right-hands-a-comic-strip-attains-a-beauty-and-elegance-that/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/if-you-give-a-little-credit-to-the-concept-of-the-artist-i-think-you/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-tell-you-all-this-because-it-s-worth-recognizing-that-there-is-no/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/the-secret-to-enjoying-your-job-is-to-have-a-hobby-that-s-even-worse/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/by-golly-life-s-too-darn-short-to-waste-time-trying-to-please-every/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-m-yet-another-resource-consuming-kid-in-an-overpopulated-planet/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoonist/bill-watterson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Cartoonist Quotes By Bill Watterson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Watterson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-how-i-miss-the-groupies-drugs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-ho_1189106.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-ho_1189106.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_ah-the-life-of-a-newspaper-cartoonist-ho_1189106.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!” — Bill Watterson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Watterson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-instinct-that-i-think-makes-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-ins_2666364.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-ins_2666364.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/bill-watterson-728_cartoonist_i-guess-i-just-don-t-have-the-killer-ins_2666364.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.” — Bill Watterson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond satisfying the market's every whim and desire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Watterson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-honestly-and-seriously-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/bill-watterson-728_believe_when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-ho_1666879.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/bill-watterson-728_believe_when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-ho_1666879.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/bill-watterson-728_believe_when-the-cartoonist-is-trying-to-talk-ho_1666879.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a…” — Bill Watterson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. 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After I was fired, I applied to other papers but political cartooning, like all cartooning, is a very tough field to break into. 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