Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well … - Bill Watterson

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I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.

Bill Watterson

Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well and things movies do well, but usually those things don't overlap: the same with comics and animation.

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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.

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