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.

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

I'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So long as it has my name on it, I want it to be mine.

Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.

The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.

It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served.