The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications - the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.

I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.

There's more to this world than just people, you know.

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

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water just like every other one when you bring it into the classroom. And now, while the analogy sinks in, I will be leaving you drips and going outside.