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Bill Watterson (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist and author, best known for creating the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which ran from 1985 to 1995. Known for his unique humor and profound understanding of childhood imagination, Watterson famously refused to merchandise his characters, maintaining artistic integrity throughout his career. After the strip ended, he chose a reclusive lifestyle, declining all public appearances and interviews.

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“It must be hard to cook if you anthropomorphisize your vegetables.”

Ifs Hard Cooking Cooks Vegetables

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“If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but if you're a cartoonist, it used to be very hard to see an original cartoon drawing.”

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“There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate.”

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“Cleveland is a really hard place, it's a very creative place, it feeds you creatively, but it's a very hard place to make a living creatively.”

Hard Creative Cleveland

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“I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the hard part and the drawing is the fun part.”

Writing Hard Fun Drawing Vary Cartoonist

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“It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.”

Hard Done Surprising

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“Girls are like slugs - they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.”

Hard Purpose Girl Imagine Slugs

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“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”

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“Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I'm cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.”

Ifs Hard Cutting Cry Mom Cooks Vegetables Onions

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“Good friends are hard to come by... I need more money.”

Needs Hard More Money Good Friend Calvin And Hobbes Friendship

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“Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.”

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“It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.”

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Born: July 5, 1958
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