Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.

I guess I have a gift for expressing pedestrian tastes. In a way, it's kind of depressing.

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

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

Each kind of story has its own problems in writing, but my main concern really is to keep the reader on his toes, or to keep the strip unpredictable. I try to achieve some sort of balance between the two that keeps the reader wondering what's going to happen next and be surprised.

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.