I always think of "Popeye" and "Barney Google" as quintessential comic strips in that old rollicky, slapstick way we've sort of lost. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The way Calvin's brain is wired you can almost hear the fuses blowing. — 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… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Saturday morning cartoons do that now, where they develop the toy and then draw the cartoon around it, and the result is… — 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
I guess I have a gift for expressing pedestrian tastes. In a way, it's kind of depressing. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin) — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I have enough friends who are gamers. I actually enjoy watching them play because of the visuals and the storytelling of the… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
CALVIN: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we… — 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
