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> [“I had to go back and reread the page a few times. As I read it, I kept drifting out of the book, out of the booth, and coasting on the green crest of the song, to the momentary idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-had-to-go-back-and-reread-the-page-a-few-times-as-i-read-it-i-kept/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

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## More by Patton Oswalt

> [The process is to me is going onstage night after night after night after night until I get a new hour. And then once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/the-process-is-to-me-is-going-onstage-night-after-night-after-night/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-can-t-say-that-i-ever-abided-nerd-stereotypes-i-was-never-alone-or/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [“If I hear the term ‘healing journey’ one more f–king time… It is not a ‘healing journey.’ It’s a ‘numb slog.’ It’s just a,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/if-i-hear-the-term-healing-journey-one-more-f-king-time-it-is-not-a/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-think-i-realized-it-was-an-art-form-at-the-beginning-but-it-took-me/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [I wish I had a really cool, esoteric answer, but what the process is to me is going onstage night after night after night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-wish-i-had-a-really-cool-esoteric-answer-but-what-the-process-is-to/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/if-i-were-to-just-focus-on-stand-up-i-could-actually-paradoxically/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [“hobos' (a slang term that combines the words 'hope' and 'bowl of beans given to me for free by a woman who then initiated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/hobos-a-slang-term-that-combines-the-words-hope-and-bowl-of-beans/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/as-much-as-i-know-people-love-the-method-and-what-you-can-draw-out-of/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [We're rewarding either the reality or the appearance of youth, which is why you have all these people in their fifties trying to act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/we-re-rewarding-either-the-reality-or-the-appearance-of-youth-which/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [With a comedian, it's the opposite. You put that album out, and they've heard it. If they're coming out to see you, you'd better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/with-a-comedian-it-s-the-opposite-you-put-that-album-out-and-they-ve/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [If you actually do cold readings, it's very close to how people actually talk, because you're experiencing these thoughts anew every moment, and trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/if-you-actually-do-cold-readings-it-s-very-close-to-how-people/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [What I was trying to say in that bit, without saying it out loud, is that there were things - you're right, everything is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/what-i-was-trying-to-say-in-that-bit-without-saying-it-out-loud-is/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [Is it bad when you refer to all alcohol as "Pain Go Bye-Bye Juice"?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/is-it-bad-when-you-refer-to-all-alcohol-as-pain-go-bye-bye-juice/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [It wasn't until I went to college and met different people from different areas of life - and then went to San Francisco and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/it-wasn-t-until-i-went-to-college-and-met-different-people-from/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

> [I have a lot of friends who were stand-ups, and they just stopped after a while, because they didn't like that battle, or they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-have-a-lot-of-friends-who-were-stand-ups-and-they-just-stopped/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

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