I have no interest in turning my characters into commodities. If I’d wanted to sell plush garbage, I’d have gone to work as a carny.

Bill Watterson
  • on licensing <em> Calvin and Hobbes</em>, in: <a href="http://www.tcj.com/the-bill-watterson-interview/ " target="_blank">"The Bill Watterson Interview"</a>, The Comics Journal #127, March 1989 (Tcj.com)
Other quotes from Bill Watterson.