Quotes from Bill Watterson

Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.

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

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

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

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

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?

Repetition is the death of magic.

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers.

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

If life is just a stage, then we are all running around ad-libbing, with absolutely no clue what the plot is. Maybe that's why we don't know whether it's a comedy or tragedy.

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be! I don't need advice! Everyone can just stay out of my face!

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations.

Reality continues to ruin my life.

Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! ...Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer...Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?

I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!

I let my mind wander and it didn't come back.

Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?