If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer. Now if a joke is in bad taste or it's not funny, okay, that's awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer's job is, and I don't think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
Bill WattersonPeople think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Bill WattersonI think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.
Bill WattersonAh, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
Bill WattersonPeople 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 artistโs statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
Bill Watterson