Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.

Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.

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.

The way Calvin's brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.

I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

Hold it. You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.