Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.

If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again.

Until you stalk and overrun, you cannot devour anyone. -Hobbes

The problem with people is that they're only human.

There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate.

Hey Dad, will you buy me a flame thrower? Of course not. Don't be silly. Even if I didn't use it in the house?

I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.