I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays. John Hodgman More Quotes by John Hodgman More Quotes From 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 doepeople Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it. John Hodgman writingbookpeople Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. John Hodgman creatingfakeinteresting 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 degreespersonalityhumble One can always come up with funny lists and jokes. You know what? I take it back. Not everyone can always come up with funny lists and some jokes. I'm very lucky to have a gift where I can do that pretty ably. John Hodgman come-uplistslucky What would I put in a museum? Probably a museum! That's an amusing relic of our past. John Hodgman amusingmuseumspast The villain of any story is often the most compelling character. John Hodgman villainstoriescharacter First of all, I wish I could grow a beard. John Hodgman beardwishfirsts As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. John Hodgman benefitscomedyreal 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 mediarealforever All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that. John Hodgman meanbookthinking Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do. John Hodgman internetfailingtrying Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele. John Hodgman ukulelehumanitysong As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports. John Hodgman topicsknowssports Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. John Hodgman careersdramapeople When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly. John Hodgman littlesworldthinking I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure. John Hodgman radiousedfigures Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along. John Hodgman communityplaypeople My fame is due to broadcast television. John Hodgman duesfametelevision When I listen to music - I don't particularly do it for fun all that much. It's not a big part of my life, and I'm not really on top of what's happening in the world of music in the way I was when I was a teenager. John Hodgman teenagerfunworld
