Patton Oswalt Quotes

When I was 25, all I did was just scream, 'Sellout! Fucking sellouts. Corporate sellout. Industry bullshit. Meh-meh-meh.' I look back on it and I realized, 'oh, I was screaming 'sellout' because nobody wanted to buy what I was selling.'

Patton Oswalt

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• When I was 25, all I did was just scream, 'Sellout! Fucking sellouts. Corporate sellout. Industry bullshit. Meh-meh-meh.' I look back on it and I realized, 'oh, I was screaming 'sellout' because nobody wanted to buy what I was selling.'

  

  Patton Oswalt