If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again. Bill Watterson More Quotes by Bill Watterson More Quotes From Bill Watterson 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 drawingwritingreality Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan. Bill Watterson nicemomkings The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it. Bill Watterson realfun Virtual reality has nothing on Calvin. Bill Watterson hobbesvirtual-realityreality I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed. Bill Watterson adsgrowing-upthinking Childhood is for spoiling adulthood. Bill Watterson adulthoodchildhood I've always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren't moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration. There's great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined. Bill Watterson expressioncharactermoving From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way. Bill Watterson dotsconformityway 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 seen on TV. Bill Watterson generationsrunningworld Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check. Bill Watterson buttonslightfunny All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they'll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won't be the same as what I grew up with. Bill Watterson medialooksthinking I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. Bill Watterson refusewonderworld There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate. Bill Watterson voicedifferentgone Barney's Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said "Eat your peas." Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney's Mom never found out where he'd gone, Cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life eating mice and gruel With every bite for fifty years he was sorry he'd been cruel Bill Watterson dadmomsorry I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport. Bill Watterson footballsportsthinking Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything. Bill Watterson architectfunctionform Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria! Bill Watterson ecstasydemandenough Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive. Bill Watterson aliveartmoving Good friends are hard to come by... I need more money. Bill Watterson more-moneygood-friendneeds You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid. Bill Watterson superherostupidbook
