Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I feel that there is a decision people make to either engage in a legitimately ridiculous process to get your kid into… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Not as many people watch 'Doctor Who' as watch the Super Bowl, obviously, but the tropes that attract nerds are no longer… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Just a small-scale cult of personality, maybe raise a geodetic dome out in western Massachusetts and make people wear jumpsuits and give… — 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… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I've only ever been mistaken for myself. People draw a lot of comparisons to all of the round-faced, mustached men of entertainment… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I would say 70 percent of people who are in therapy are in therapy not because of their upbringing, not because of… — 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
Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of… — 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
In a mad moment, my family and I purchased a home in Maine because it's the place in the world that my… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I had some very, very fond memories of the people I worked with and the authors I worked with - and I… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
For many years, people would say, "Only child? Must have been terrible," and I wanted to say, "You are mentally ill, because… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
This is not to say there are not Chicagoans. But I would suggest that they are a nomadic people, whose lost home… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The understanding that we reach a point where we stop becoming something and start ending as something. That comes at different times… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated with the way that things pop on the Internet - the ways you build communities and create little… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I have no skills. I mean, I can make jokes, I'm pretty good at talking to people on the Judge John Hodgman… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Why certain political classes want purposefully to keep Americans in a state of perpetual debt and uncertainty and why certain people don't… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way… — 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… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to… — 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
Tonally, there was no discussion; I just don’t know any other way to do it. I don’t want to make people feel… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Once you're out in a place where there's one sheriff for the county, people have to learn how to get along with… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Everyone feels like they would love to be a really cool bartender in a really cool bar, but you're still surrounded by… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Many people, many girls have tried to teach me the rules to football. And you would think that it would get in… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross;… — 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
