The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Trick or Treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I learned about what I love. Imagination, deep friendship, animals, family, the natural world, ideas and ideals ... and silliness. — 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
So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines." "Maybe that’s why… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
From now on, I'm not doing anything I don't want to do! The world owes me happiness, fulfillment and success.... I'm just… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful? Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand new! A new year ...… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff!… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Hobbes: What are you doing? Calvin: Being "cool." Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored. Calvin: The world bores you when… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? — 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
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
It's going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn't know anything but what it's… — 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
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
The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world. — 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
