If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well. Bill Watterson More Quotes by Bill Watterson More Quotes From Bill Watterson As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators. Bill Watterson astronaut riding kids Genius is never understood in its own time. Bill Watterson understood genius reality A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I think you'll find it functions as a sort of shock absorber for the bumpy road ahead. Bill Watterson new-experiences fun thinking Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. Bill Watterson creating achievement soul Few things are less comforting than a tiger who's up too late. Bill Watterson late too-late comforting Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms! Bill Watterson drug missing rooms The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest! Bill Watterson stupid self secret Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed. Bill Watterson be-good reason mean I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us. Bill Watterson would-be knows thinking I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I've got to go to school the next day. It's like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution. Bill Watterson next-day sunday school When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond satisfying the market's every whim and desire. Bill Watterson responsibility believe thinking It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. Bill Watterson perception expression art Your fingernails are a joke, you've got no fangs, you can't see at night, your pink hides are ridiculous, your reflexes are nil, and you don't even have tails! Of course people aren't content! ... Now if tigers weren't content, that would be something to wonder about. Bill Watterson would-be night people The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now, can you imagine a novelist giving his literary agent the ownership of his characters and all reprint, television, and movie rights before the agent takes the manuscript to a publisher? Obviously, an author would have to be a raving lunatic to agree to such a deal, but virtually every cartoonist does exactly that when a syndicate demands ownership before agreeing to sell the strip to newspapers. Bill Watterson movie rights character I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it. Bill Watterson plenty common-sense common It's always better to leave the party early. Bill Watterson relatable party In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art. Bill Watterson comic-book hands art What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up? Bill Watterson assurance Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and to discover meaning in experience? Or is it just something to do when he's bored? Bill Watterson bored doe men Let's say that life is this square of the sidewalk. We are born at this crack and we die at that crack. Now we find ourselves somewhere inside the square and in the process of walking outside of it. Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless? Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps? Bill Watterson squares important doe
