I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I am not an Internet superstar. I am, ironically perhaps, the most old media superstar of all time. My fame is due… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Terry Gross has never had me on her show and you know, it's her show; she sets the agenda and that's not… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
While I understand that all things must come to an end, whether it's a television advertisement or one's life or the world… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
By the time I was writing the second book, my life had changed rather dramatically, thanks to the intervention of television, and… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I never stopped feeling abject terror until I got on television and went on a national ad campaign and realized, "I will… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
It was inevitable that in the proliferation of media and media channels and the natural debasing of authority that comes when you… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
I navigated the world as a hedge maze of constant fear and worry in which I might take the wrong turn and jeopardize the… — John Hodgman Copy Share
“There are transitions in life whether we want them or not. You get older. You lose jobs and loves and people. The story of… — John Hodgman Copy Share
John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan. — John Hodgman Copy Share
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 Copy Share
If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is… — John Hodgman Copy Share
Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures,… — John Hodgman Copy Share
I've made my evolutionary purpose and had children. I don't care if anybody likes me, I'm going to do what I want to do.… — John Hodgman Copy Share
“When you live in New York or any big city, it is easy to fail at growing up. The city is designed to keep… — John Hodgman Copy Share
You wouldn't want to live a life in which you are loved or approved by all people on Earth or even within your own… — John Hodgman Copy Share
Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great. — John Hodgman Copy Share
I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.' — John Hodgman Copy Share
One of the things about crowd work that's so exciting is when you discover a character in the audience who's interesting or funny, who… — John Hodgman Copy Share
“Maine is not a death cult. I mean, it is, but it's a slow one. It creeps in like the tide, and without your… — John Hodgman Copy Share
