Quotes by John Hodgman

About John Hodgman:

John Kellogg Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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I know nothing about letting go.

John Hodgman

Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.

John Hodgman

It seems that every generation needs its public, tweedy, literary personality to sell its consumer electronics. To whatever degree I can live up to the Plimptonian legacy, I am humble and proud.

John Hodgman

Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair.

John Hodgman

A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.

John Hodgman

First of all, I wish I could grow a beard.

John Hodgman

Here's the thing: I am not only a creature of civilization, I'm an asthmatic person. I will only live so long as I have stockpiled the proper inhalers. I'm effectively a cyborg. You know how in Jurassic Park, they bred those dinosaurs with the lysine...

John Hodgman

It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.

John Hodgman

Not as many people watch 'Doctor Who' as watch the Super Bowl, obviously, but the tropes that attract nerds are no longer a secret cult. It's a much larger culture, in the specific sense.

John Hodgman

I know electric knives are excellent for carving turkeys that have had their bones removed and been forced into a mold to shape them. Please note that those turkeys are called hams.

John Hodgman

I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

John Hodgman

My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.

John Hodgman

If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is so meticulous.

John Hodgman

Comics have a problem, and that is continuity - the obsession with placing the characters in an existing world, where every event is marked in canon. You're supposed to believe that these weepy star boys of now are the same gung-ho super teens fighti...

John Hodgman

I am not an Internet superstar.

John Hodgman

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

John Hodgman

All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.

John Hodgman

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

John Hodgman

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

John Hodgman

Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.

John Hodgman

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

John Hodgman

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Hodgman
  • DescriptionAmerican humorist
  • BornJune 3, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor