Occupation: Author Birth: July 5, 1958
Genius is never understood in its own time..
I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. . . . Sometimes I think the surest sign….
Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?.
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!.
Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we c….
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children..
Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful..
If you don't get a goodnight kiss, you get Kafka dreams..
The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now, can you im….
Repetition is the death of magic..
What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?.
I must follow the inscrutable exhortations of my soul..
Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure..
At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own..
Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?! Who are YOU to question my behavior,….
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 medi….
It's always better to leave the party early..
I tell you all this because it's worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to cultivate the resources i….
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating ….
Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around..
You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic..