I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Bill Gates
About This Quote

Bill Watterson is a cartoonist best known for his comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. In this quote, Watterson talks about the impact that reading has on kids. He describes the excitement he felt when he was a kid reading comics. He found it interesting to see how different people can take the same story and tell it in so many different ways.

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