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John Hodgman quotes: This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another. This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.
John Hodgman quotes: Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable. Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable.
John Hodgman quotes: The most important book on the Internet is, essentially, the Internet. The most important book on the Internet is, essentially, the Internet.
John Hodgman quotes: I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth. I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth.
John Hodgman quotes: When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not going be what you hope it can be. When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not going be what you hope it can be.
John Hodgman quotes: Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820." Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820."
John Hodgman quotes: I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays. I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.
John Hodgman quotes: I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure. I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure.
John Hodgman quotes: Specificity is the soul of narrative. Specificity is the soul of narrative.
John Hodgman quotes: I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character. I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.
John Hodgman quotes: Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them. Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.
John Hodgman quotes: Only the nerds will save the earth. Only the nerds will save the earth.
John Hodgman quotes: Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
John Hodgman quotes: Americans don't need a metaphor for war. We have war. If anything, we use war as a metaphor for sports. Americans don't need a metaphor for war. We have war. If anything, we use war as a metaphor for sports.
John Hodgman quotes: Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross. Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross.
John Hodgman quotes: A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference. A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.
John Hodgman quotes: I am a marginally employed person who can escape with my school teacher wife to the waters of Maine for much of the summer. I am a marginally employed person who can escape with my school teacher wife to the waters of Maine for much of the summer.
John Hodgman quotes: My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not. My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.
John Hodgman quotes: So much of creativity is the feeling that you're either getting a gift from some other dimension or some other part of yourself. So much of creativity is the feeling that you're either getting a gift from some other dimension or some other part of yourself.
John Hodgman quotes: What would I put in a museum? Probably a museum! That's an amusing relic of our past. What would I put in a museum? Probably a museum! That's an amusing relic of our past.
John Hodgman quotes: I made an impulse buy of a house in Maine to make my wife happy and now have gone back into debt and it's all started over for me. I made an impulse buy of a house in Maine to make my wife happy and now have gone back into debt and it's all started over for me.
John Hodgman quotes: I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.' I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'
John Hodgman quotes: I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising. I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising.
John Hodgman quotes: A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books. A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.
John Hodgman quotes: That which is hard to do is best done bitterly. That which is hard to do is best done bitterly.
John Hodgman quotes: There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel. There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.
John Hodgman quotes: My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that that would happen. My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that that would happen.
John Hodgman quotes: You are only pretentious if you are not sincere. You are only pretentious if you are not sincere.
John Hodgman quotes: First of all, I wish I could grow a beard. First of all, I wish I could grow a beard.
John Hodgman quotes: My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President. My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.
John Hodgman quotes: I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden. I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden.
John Hodgman quotes: So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference. So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference.
John Hodgman quotes: A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime. A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.
John Hodgman quotes: Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much. Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.
John Hodgman quotes: As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music.
John Hodgman quotes: A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate. A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.
John Hodgman quotes: It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight. It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.
John Hodgman quotes: I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author. I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.
John Hodgman quotes: Terry Gross has never had me on her show and you know, it's her show; she sets the agenda and that's not Hodgman. But I'll still listen to it. Terry Gross has never had me on her show and you know, it's her show; she sets the agenda and that's not Hodgman. But I'll still listen to it.
John Hodgman quotes: All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that. All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.
John Hodgman quotes: Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.
John Hodgman quotes: All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports. All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.
John Hodgman quotes: My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now. My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now.
John Hodgman quotes: Just because you see an iceberg does not mean that there isn't global warming. Just because you see an iceberg does not mean that there isn't global warming.
John Hodgman quotes: I think in American culture, we put value on economic success but tell people you don't have to be economically successful to be happy. I think in American culture, we put value on economic success but tell people you don't have to be economically successful to be happy.
John Hodgman quotes: John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan.
John Hodgman quotes: My fame is due to broadcast television. My fame is due to broadcast television.
John Hodgman quotes: Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it. Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.
John Hodgman quotes: People like what they like. They're gonna do what they're gonna do. People like what they like. They're gonna do what they're gonna do.
John Hodgman quotes: I am not an Internet superstar. I am not an Internet superstar.
John Hodgman quotes: Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending. Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.
John Hodgman quotes: Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair. Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair.
John Hodgman quotes: Do not listen to the killjoys who tell you never to eat oysters in months that do not contain the letter R: May, June, July, August, Octoba. You know. Do not listen to the killjoys who tell you never to eat oysters in months that do not contain the letter R: May, June, July, August, Octoba. You know.
John Hodgman quotes: Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do. Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.
John Hodgman quotes: I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.' I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.'
John Hodgman quotes: Elwyn Brooks White was a very Maine personality which is, "I hate everyone and everyone stay away from me." Elwyn Brooks White was a very Maine personality which is, "I hate everyone and everyone stay away from me."
John Hodgman quotes: The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around. The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around.
John Hodgman quotes: Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great. Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.
John Hodgman quotes: The fact is I'm very self-similar. The fact is I'm very self-similar.
John Hodgman quotes: My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke. My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.
John Hodgman quotes: To want to become the President is, I think, such a bizarre ambition that it is automatically deranging. To want to become the President is, I think, such a bizarre ambition that it is automatically deranging.
John Hodgman quotes: Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele. Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.
John Hodgman quotes: I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent. I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent.
John Hodgman quotes: I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could. I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could.
John Hodgman quotes: I know nothing about letting go. I know nothing about letting go.
John Hodgman quotes: I think for the foreseeable future, the truth is going to be awful and funny all at the same time. I think for the foreseeable future, the truth is going to be awful and funny all at the same time.
John Hodgman quotes: I suspect that when the truth ceases to be heartbreakingly funny, we will be in a better place and a happier society over all. I suspect that when the truth ceases to be heartbreakingly funny, we will be in a better place and a happier society over all.
John Hodgman quotes: I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me. I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.
John Hodgman quotes: There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting. There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.
John Hodgman quotes: As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports. As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.
John Hodgman quotes: Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies. Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.
John Hodgman quotes: I am someone who values knowledge, actual knowledge. I also value stories and fiction a whole lot, and that's where the fake knowledge comes in. I am someone who values knowledge, actual knowledge. I also value stories and fiction a whole lot, and that's where the fake knowledge comes in.
John Hodgman quotes: Manly deeds, womanly hands. Manly deeds, womanly hands.
John Hodgman quotes: I am not a villain.I'm an only-child narcissist monster, but I wish no ill, nor do I wish for world domination; what a hassle that would be! I am not a villain.I'm an only-child narcissist monster, but I wish no ill, nor do I wish for world domination; what a hassle that would be!
John Hodgman quotes: Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along. Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.
John Hodgman quotes: Everything we make in life, eventually, is sold for a dollar or a penny or given away; Everything we make in life, eventually, is sold for a dollar or a penny or given away;
John Hodgman quotes: I would say aside from Moxie soda bottles and Masonic artifacts, there's nothing I really collect. I would say aside from Moxie soda bottles and Masonic artifacts, there's nothing I really collect.

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