Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
One of the things about crowd work that's so exciting is when you discover a character in the audience who's interesting or… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
What I collect? Interesting jobs. Always to my thrill and excitement, but ultimately to my exhaustion, I collect interesting jobs. If an… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
In the '80s and '90s, I was really interested in, moved by, exhilarated by, and troubled by rap in all the ways… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I think that I'm reaching a point in my life and in my career where soon it will be important for me… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I do not think that a museum needs to engage with pop culture in order to make itself interesting to museumgoers. Museums… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The nice thing about live performance is that I've never, ever been let down. Partly I'm lucky that my audience self-selects itself.… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image