625 Quotes by Bill Watterson

Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed.

Obviously the role of comics is changing very fast. On the one hand, comics are widely accepted and taken seriously. On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.

I always think of "Popeye" and "Barney Google" as quintessential comic strips in that old rollicky, slapstick way we've sort of lost.

Few things are less comforting than a tiger who's up too late.

To make a business decision, you don't need much philosophy; all you need is greed, and maybe a little knowledge of how the game works.

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

Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.

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

To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible.