"I was so full of hate that there was no room in me for such feelings as love, pity, kindness or honor or decency,"

“People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.”

“The studios will go wherever they smell money. It's like sharks to the blood.”

“Getting married and staying married is a wonderful way to increase your wealth - but the key is stay married.”

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

Source : "John Hodgman, part one: the global superpocalypse". Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 8, 2011.

“Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.”

“Richard Dawkins says he can't be sure God doesn't exist. Well, you know what I do when I'm not sure about something? I go on a big crusade about it and write a bunch of books on the subject. No, wait, that sounds more like what someone with a mental disorder would do. That's one of the crazy things about lots of atheists: They're whole movement is supposed to be about being logical and reasonable, yet they tend to rail against religion is a very mindless way that doesn't seem to serve any more purpose than a tantrum. Perhaps I just don't understand their strong faith in not having faith.”

“Dreams don't come true. Plans come true!”

“There was this large group of people that we were talking about on the first album - "The Youth" - but we didn't really know what to tell them. We still don't know what to tell them, but we want to make it seem like maybe there's something we know that they want to know, too.”