I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.

You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to not be human.

You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.

I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a real awe for good animation.

As "Calvin and Hobbes" went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity. One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what's going on in Calvin's head.