My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.
Bill WattersonI asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.
Bill WattersonThere are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate.
Bill WattersonA day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
Bill Watterson