Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice. Bill Watterson More Quotes by Bill Watterson More Quotes From Bill Watterson Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN Bill Watterson witty remember two The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer. Bill Watterson issues special reality I very early caught on that the editor of Cincinnati Post had something specific in mind that he was looking for, and I tried to accommodate him in order to get published. I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn't please him, so he sent me packing. Bill Watterson editors order ideas My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin Bill Watterson burden terrible historical I learned about what I love. Imagination, deep friendship, animals, family, the natural world, ideas and ideals ... and silliness. Bill Watterson imagination animal ideas Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension. Bill Watterson sweat faster reading Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart - almost as good and a lot cheaper! Bill Watterson dad light baby Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia, I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe he's heard of America, and he dreams of living in this land of freedom and opportunity! Someday, I'd like to meet that little boy... and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin's Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans. Bill Watterson dad stupid dream If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them. Bill Watterson ifs needs Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one. Bill Watterson surprise life-is needs I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian! Bill Watterson funny-food dessert vegetarian Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices! Bill Watterson spiders design grace I liked things better when I didn't understand them. Bill Watterson What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero? Bill Watterson sombreros running fun I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. Bill Watterson useless dumb stupid It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy." Bill Watterson writing people art Obviously the role of comics is changing very fast. On the one hand, comics are widely accepted and taken seriously. On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money. Bill Watterson impact media taken Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it. Bill Watterson dad mom believe No sport is less organized than Calvinball. Bill Watterson organized sports As "Calvin and Hobbes" went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity. One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what's going on in Calvin's head. Bill Watterson drawing writing reality
