“Bill Watterson argued with his medium even as he eclipsed it. He was a...” — Anthony Marra Quote

“Bill Watterson argued with his medium even as he eclipsed it. He was all too aware that no artistic expression better exemplifies our disposable consumer culture than the daily newspaper comic strip: today's masterpiece is tomorrow's birdcage lining.”

“For the uninitiated, 'Calvin and Hobbes' is a daily comic strip detailing the antics of an unruly six-year-old and his misanthropic stuffed tiger. The boy, whose vocabulary is packed with more 10-dollar words than a GRE flashcard set, is named after John Calvin, the Reformation-era theologian who preached the doctrine of predestination.”

“The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.”

“Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both political and partisan in nature.”

“I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.”