Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson
William Boyd "Bill" Watterson IIis an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on licensing and comic syndication and his move back into private life after he stopped...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth5 July 1958
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Watterson quotes about
Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!
The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an "elite" class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
When I get to the drawing, I really enjoy taking a big chunk of time and working on the drawing and nothing else. That allows me to make sure that I'm really challenging the art, making each picture as interesting as I can.
You know, maybe we don't need enemies." "Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.
I always think of "Popeye" and "Barney Google" as quintessential comic strips in that old rollicky, slapstick way we've sort of lost.
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
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.
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it.
History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.