John Hodgman Quotes
More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Most men are fragile.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.
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The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government.
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I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.
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The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.
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The reason we're so dangerous is because we're totally harmless.
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More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.
