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This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another. — John Hodgman

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

The most important book on the Internet is, essentially, the Internet. — John Hodgman

I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth. — John Hodgman

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

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

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays. — John Hodgman

I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure. — John Hodgman

Specificity is the soul of narrative. — John Hodgman

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

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

Only the nerds will save the earth. — John Hodgman

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. — John Hodgman

Americans don't need a metaphor for war. We have war. If anything, we use war as a metaphor for sports. — John Hodgman

Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross. — John Hodgman

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference. — John Hodgman

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

My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not. — John Hodgman

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

What would I put in a museum? Probably a museum! That's an amusing relic of our past. — John Hodgman

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

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.' — John Hodgman

I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising. — John Hodgman

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

That which is hard to do is best done bitterly. — John Hodgman

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel. — John Hodgman

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

You are only pretentious if you are not sincere. — John Hodgman

First of all, I wish I could grow a beard. — John Hodgman

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President. — John Hodgman

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

So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference. — John Hodgman

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime. — John Hodgman

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

As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. — John Hodgman

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

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

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author. — John Hodgman

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

All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that. — John Hodgman

Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. — John Hodgman

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports. — John Hodgman

My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now. — John Hodgman

Just because you see an iceberg does not mean that there isn't global warming. — John Hodgman

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

John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan. — John Hodgman

My fame is due to broadcast television. — John Hodgman

Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it. — John Hodgman

People like what they like. They're gonna do what they're gonna do. — John Hodgman

I am not an Internet superstar. — John Hodgman

Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending. — John Hodgman

Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair. — John Hodgman

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

Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do. — John Hodgman

I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.' — John Hodgman

Elwyn Brooks White was a very Maine personality which is, "I hate everyone and everyone stay away from me." — John Hodgman

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

Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great. — John Hodgman

The fact is I'm very self-similar. — John Hodgman

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

To want to become the President is, I think, such a bizarre ambition that it is automatically deranging. — John Hodgman

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

I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent. — John Hodgman

I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could. — John Hodgman

I know nothing about letting go. — John Hodgman

I think for the foreseeable future, the truth is going to be awful and funny all at the same time. — John Hodgman

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

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

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting. — John Hodgman

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports. — John Hodgman

Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies. — John Hodgman

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

Manly deeds, womanly hands. — John Hodgman

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

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along. — John Hodgman

Everything we make in life, eventually, is sold for a dollar or a penny or given away; — John Hodgman

I would say aside from Moxie soda bottles and Masonic artifacts, there's nothing I really collect. — John Hodgman