Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there’s always the risk of disappointment. You can’t really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.

In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.

You can draw a penguin on a toilet reading The New York Times and it's adorable, but try doing it with an adult male character, and it's disgusting.

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

Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.” “That’s thoughtful of you.” "See, on the front it says, ‘Get Well Soon’ … and on the inside it says,’Because my bed isn’t made, my clothes need to be put away and I’m hungry. Love Calvin.’ Want to sign it?” “Sure, I’m hungry too

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.