By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“The problem about the future is that it keeps turning into the present.” — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to not be human. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Let's say that life is this square of the sidewalk. We are born at this crack and we die at that crack.… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“[Uh-oh, it's bath time for Calvin.] MOM, who sits in the living room, has turned toward the door. Very likely she is… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
When I get to the drawing, I really enjoy taking a big chunk of time and working on the drawing and nothing… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“I've never understood people who remember childhood as an idyllic time.” — 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
