If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I'm pulling out different aspects of my personality in writing each character and, if I'm doing my job well, I'm being true… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I… — 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'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Your fingernails are a joke, you've got no fangs, you can't see at night, your pink hides are ridiculous, your reflexes are… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Although I'm certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I'm fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate… — 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
If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices… — 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… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
If you have the personalities down, you understand them and identify with them; you can stick them in any situation and have… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
If people looked at the stars each night, they'd live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there… — 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
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
