I enjoy the drawing more than the writing, so I try to think of ideas that will allow me to develop the visual side of the strip as fully as possible.
Bill WattersonIsn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
Bill WattersonAnimation, by necessity, is a team sport, and the fewer people with input into my work, the better I like it.
Bill WattersonSelling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and youโre really buying into someone elseโs system of values, rules and rewards.
Bill WattersonIf comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
Bill WattersonCalvin: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us? Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.
Bill Watterson