B Watterson Quotes & Sayings

Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist
how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms! — Bill Watterson

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

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. — Bill Watterson

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 am, well TOUGH BEANS! It's a free country! I don't need anyone's permission to be the way I want! This is who I am - Take it or leave it! — Bill Watterson

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up? — Bill Watterson

The best presents don't come in boxes. — Bill Watterson

I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it. — Bill Watterson

This is where dad burried the little raccoon.
I don't even know he existed a few days ago and now he's gone forever. It's like I found him for no reason. I had to say good-bye as soon as I said hello.
Still ... in a sad, awful, terrible way, I'm happy I met him.
What a stupid world. — Bill Watterson

Cigars are all the rage, dad. You should smoke cigars!" - Calvin
"Flatulence could be all the rage, but it would still be disgusting." - Calvin's mom — Bill Watterson

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. — Bill Watterson

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson

Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it. — Bill Watterson

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience. — Bill Watterson

In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. — Bill Watterson

Why can't the world ever be unfair in my favor? — Bill Watterson

It's a funny world, Hobbes."
"True."
"But it's not a hilarious world. ... unless you like sick humour."
"The world is probably funnier to people who don't live here. — Bill Watterson

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. — Bill Watterson

Repetition is the death of magic. — Bill Watterson

Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I cant find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character! — Bill Watterson

It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out. — Bill Watterson

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? — Bill Watterson

I'm related to people I don't relate to. — Bill Watterson

I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped. — Bill Watterson

I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification.
-Calvin — Bill Watterson

Good friends are hard to come by.. I need more money. — Bill Watterson

So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap! — Bill Watterson

On gray days, when it's snowing or raining, I think you should be able to call up a judge and take an oath that you'll just read a good book all day, and he'd allow you to stay home. — Bill Watterson

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything. — Bill Watterson

You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!! — 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