I've never sat down to quantify how many hours I actually spend on the strip. I use the deadlines to estimate my progress; each month I know that I have to produce so many strips, and by the end of… — 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
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
