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Patton Oswalt quotes: I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes.

I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Does anyone act more like an overserious senior citizen with time running out on their chance for immortality than someone in their twenties?

Does anyone act more like an overserious senior citizen with time running out on their chance for immortality than someone in their twenties?

Patton Oswalt quotes: It's the method of consumption, not what's on the plate.

It's the method of consumption, not what's on the plate.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.

I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.

Patton Oswalt quotes: There's something kind of beautiful about that pure love of things. Like, "I'll show that I love the thing I love by hating everything else."

There's something kind of beautiful about that pure love of things. Like, "I'll show that I love the thing I love by hating everything else."

Patton Oswalt quotes: Knowing comedy is knowing human nature.

Knowing comedy is knowing human nature.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects.

I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions.

Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I have a very tiny house in Burbank. I drive an 8-year-old car. I'm gonna drive it into the ground. I enjoy what I enjoy.

I have a very tiny house in Burbank. I drive an 8-year-old car. I'm gonna drive it into the ground. I enjoy what I enjoy.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Part of being in your twenties is not knowing an ally when you see one.

Part of being in your twenties is not knowing an ally when you see one.

Patton Oswalt quotes: It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.

It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I hate all sidekicks.

I hate all sidekicks.

Patton Oswalt quotes: George Bush is not stupid. He's evil. OK? There's a huge difference between stupid and evil.

George Bush is not stupid. He's evil. OK? There's a huge difference between stupid and evil.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

Patton Oswalt quotes: The Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation made a bobble head of me and sent it to my management. No card, nothing.

The Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation made a bobble head of me and sent it to my management. No card, nothing.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports.

I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports.

Patton Oswalt quotes: If Kevin James or Paul Giamatti drop weight, I'm done. I don't want to be the last pudge out there.

If Kevin James or Paul Giamatti drop weight, I'm done. I don't want to be the last pudge out there.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Every zombie story is fundamentally about a breakdown of order, with the infrastructure intact. That infrastructure might be on fire, yes.

Every zombie story is fundamentally about a breakdown of order, with the infrastructure intact. That infrastructure might be on fire, yes.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.

Patton Oswalt quotes: When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.

When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Its gaze unlocked a room in my nightmares which should have remained closed.

Its gaze unlocked a room in my nightmares which should have remained closed.

Patton Oswalt quotes: To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.

To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

Patton Oswalt quotes: If the victories we create in our heads were let loose on reality, the world we know would drown in blazing happiness.

If the victories we create in our heads were let loose on reality, the world we know would drown in blazing happiness.

Patton Oswalt quotes: If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I've been very lucky in my life in terms of people who are able to tolerate me.

I've been very lucky in my life in terms of people who are able to tolerate me.

Patton Oswalt quotes: If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.

Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Imitation leads to exhilaration when you follow it back to its source.

Imitation leads to exhilaration when you follow it back to its source.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have to win them over.

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have to win them over.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Comedy and terror and autobiography and comics and literature-they're all the same thing. To me.

Comedy and terror and autobiography and comics and literature-they're all the same thing. To me.

Patton Oswalt quotes: As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.

Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Even if you're popular, there are times when you just feel like you're not a part of things.

Even if you're popular, there are times when you just feel like you're not a part of things.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I love the beginning of Magnolia, the thing about the dealer. That scene is genius. Brilliantly acted.

I love the beginning of Magnolia, the thing about the dealer. That scene is genius. Brilliantly acted.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself.

Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself.

Patton Oswalt quotes: You just do as many shows as you can to hone what it is you're working on.

You just do as many shows as you can to hone what it is you're working on.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I'm not familiar with the metric system.

I'm not familiar with the metric system.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits.

Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Is it bad when you refer to all alcohol as "Pain Go Bye-Bye Juice"?

Is it bad when you refer to all alcohol as "Pain Go Bye-Bye Juice"?

Patton Oswalt quotes: I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.

I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.

Patton Oswalt quotes: He smelled like carpeting, Scotch tape, and steak sauce.

He smelled like carpeting, Scotch tape, and steak sauce.

Patton Oswalt quotes: 90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

Patton Oswalt quotes: You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.

You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.

Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Stand-up is something I just truly love to do, so I'll always go back to it. I'll never stop doing it, that's for sure.

Stand-up is something I just truly love to do, so I'll always go back to it. I'll never stop doing it, that's for sure.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.

I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.

Patton Oswalt quotes: If someone like this were to like me, to like my comedy, and to like the way I conduct myself professionally, it would mean that I suck as a person.

If someone like this were to like me, to like my comedy, and to like the way I conduct myself professionally, it would mean that I suck as a person.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Even if it's other people, like on MySpace pages, we're just as collective of enthusiasts now. That seems to be the world we're in.

Even if it's other people, like on MySpace pages, we're just as collective of enthusiasts now. That seems to be the world we're in.

Patton Oswalt quotes: We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I never said that movies were struggling behind TV. I'm just saying that movies have a better creative cache.

I never said that movies were struggling behind TV. I'm just saying that movies have a better creative cache.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I have to drink this much to be as unfunny as you.

I have to drink this much to be as unfunny as you.

Patton Oswalt quotes: As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.

As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.

Patton Oswalt quotes: People will find transformation and transcendence in a McDonald's hash brown if it's all they've got.

People will find transformation and transcendence in a McDonald's hash brown if it's all they've got.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.

Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I identify [myself] as a stand-up first. Even though lately there's been an explosion of acting on my schedule.

I identify [myself] as a stand-up first. Even though lately there's been an explosion of acting on my schedule.

Patton Oswalt quotes: The man is clear in his mind. But his soul is mad.

The man is clear in his mind. But his soul is mad.

Patton Oswalt quotes: The great ones show you what you can get away with. The shitty ones remind you what never to bother with.

The great ones show you what you can get away with. The shitty ones remind you what never to bother with.

Patton Oswalt quotes: Hobos' (a slang term that combines the words 'hope' and 'bowl of beans given to me for free by a woman who then initiated intercourse')

Hobos' (a slang term that combines the words 'hope' and 'bowl of beans given to me for free by a woman who then initiated intercourse')

Patton Oswalt quotes: In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

Patton Oswalt quotes: I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.

I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.

Patton Oswalt quotes: We need conservatives that can accept gays, and then we need hippies that can shave and bathe.

We need conservatives that can accept gays, and then we need hippies that can shave and bathe.