Paul Gauguin asked, "Whence do we come? What are we? Where are we going?" Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I came from my room, I'm a kid with big plans, and I'm going outside! See ya later!.. Say, who the heck is Paul Gauguin anyway?

It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.

I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us.

Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful? Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand new! A new year ... a fresh, clean start! It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities! It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy ... let's go exploring!

People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy."