Books Quote 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…

— Patton Oswalt

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Patton Oswalt