What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position. Bill Watterson More Quotes by Bill Watterson More Quotes From Bill Watterson If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. Bill Watterson control-of-your-life funny-life peanut-butter People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance. Bill Watterson mistake art thinking Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend. Bill Watterson best-friend inspirational friendship As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations. Bill Watterson congratulations forever long Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around. Bill Watterson mood bad-mood helping Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure. Bill Watterson life-is-like frustration running It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool. Bill Watterson growing-up people ideas It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring! Bill Watterson hobbes magic world We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled. Bill Watterson desire positive life For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today. Bill Watterson reason today thinking We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled. Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves and the things we care about. We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success. Bill Watterson decision motivational thinking The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Bill Watterson fog practice writing There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. Bill Watterson clever time funny So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it. Bill Watterson real graduation world You can present the material, but you can't make me care. Bill Watterson apathy materials care There's no problem so awful that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse! Bill Watterson awful guilt add It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out. Bill Watterson light summer sleep I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness. Bill Watterson happiness inspirational life If you can't win by reason, go for volume. Bill Watterson volume reason winning In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories. Bill Watterson successful memories school