Quote

The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse

Bill Watterson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Even
Hobby
Hobbies
Enjoying
Worse
Secret
Enjoy
Jobs

More quotes by Bill Watterson

Image
I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
Bill Watterson
Image
For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I am, well TOUGH BEANS! It's a free country! I don't need anyone's permission to be the way I want! This is who I am - Take it or leave it!
Bill Watterson
Image
I've never sat down to quantify how many hours I actually spend on the strip. I use the deadlines to estimate my progress each month I know that I have to produce so many strips, and by the end of the month I'll make sure that I have.
Bill Watterson
Image
It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw.
Bill Watterson
Image
For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.
Bill Watterson
Image
All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they'll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won't be the same as what I grew up with.
Bill Watterson
Image
The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.
Bill Watterson
Image
I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
Bill Watterson
Image
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
Bill Watterson
Image
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.
Bill Watterson
Image
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
Bill Watterson
Image
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
Bill Watterson
Image
In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
Bill Watterson
Image
S...For Stupendous! T...For Tiger, ferocity of! U...For Underwear, Red! P...For Power, Incredible! E...For excellent physique! N...For...Um...Something..Hm, well, I'll come back to that... D...For Determination! U...For...Wait, How do you spell this? Is it I??
Bill Watterson
Image
CALVIN: Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.
Bill Watterson
Image
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
Bill Watterson
Image
Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
Bill Watterson
Image
I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future.
Bill Watterson
Image
I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
Bill Watterson
Image
I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
Bill Watterson