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“I started going to castings a few years ago when people didn't know who I was. People forget about [that time] because they've seen my career - the path that it's had in the last couple years.”
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“The actuality of thought is life.”
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“Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions.”
Source : Ernest Dimnet (1954). “The Art of Thinking”, p.113, Prabhat Prakashan
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“I take a situation, analyse it, break it down, put it in the form I want it to be in, and then I toss it away. Let somebody else go deal with it.”
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“I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.”
Source : "Patton Oswalt Was Once a Young Adult, Has Aged, Reflects". Interview with Aaron Hills, www.villagevoice.com. December 7, 2011. 
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“Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people.”
Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.66, Penguin
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“We had only snacks last time, I think it was OK for a day time menu. But this time it will be late night when people gather so we should add some proper meals.”
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“None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature.”
