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
By the way, if I have my own cult of personality with my own geodetic dome in western Massachusetts, I will have… — 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
When I listen to music - I don't particularly do it for fun all that much. It's not a big part of… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I have learned that newborn infants roll their eyes around and move their heads and their arms in short jerky spasms. And… — 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
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
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
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
Anyone of conscience could come look at my book and see it as an esoteric oddity or be intrigued by it. It… — 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
