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John Hodgman, born on June 3, 1971, is an American author known for his unique humor and satirical style. His works, including 'The Areas of My Expertise' and 'More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the Internet', are celebrated for their wit and insightful commentary on internet culture. Hodgman has worked as a writer for the Comedy Central channel and has appeared as a guest on various television shows.

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“When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not going be what you hope it can be.”

Want Giving Book Good Friend

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“I had some very, very fond memories of the people I worked with and the authors I worked with - and I won't mention any names - but as I have been traveling through rural Maine over the past few weeks, one of my favorite things to do is to go into bookstores on the side of rural routes and paw through the old copies of Tom Clancy and Trevanian books they have in there for weird old 1970s thrillers that I haven't read yet.”

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“What I've discovered more recently is copies of books that I didn't represent, but that my boss represented when I assisted her on the dollar pile. I won't mention any names, but it is this profoundly bittersweet time of realizing, "Oh, I had a wonderful time working on this book and now it is a dollar relic on the side of the road."”

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“A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.”

Writing Book Agents Salesman Literary Agents

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“My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that that would happen.”

Firsts Book Happens Clear

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“By the time I was writing the second book, my life had changed rather dramatically, thanks to the intervention of television, and I needed to find a way to discuss that. Otherwise the big, fake book would not be true on some level.”

Way Writing Book Bigs Levels Changed Television Needed Being True Thanks Fake Intervention

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“I think that by the time I start writing the third book, of course, I will be President Of The United States, and that also will have something to do with it. I'll probably have to acknowledge that somehow.”

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“Anyone of conscience could come look at my book and see it as an esoteric oddity or be intrigued by it. It could happen either way on a thousand different little decisions each individual might make.”

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“A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.”

Book Reading My Time Print Antiques Print Books

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“All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.”

Thinking Should Mean Book Agree Trilogies

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“Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.”

People Want Writing Book Able

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

Book My Own Copies Dedicated

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“I still have a fondness for books. Many a time I will be antiquing, and I'll say, 'What's that old-timey curio over there? What is that, a candlestick telephone, one of those old pull-chain toilets? Oh no, it's a book. I used to help make those things! I will buy it and use it to decorate my chain of casual family-dining restaurants.”

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“This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.”

Book Sorrow Defining

Book:The Areas of My Expertise

Source: The Areas of My Expertise

About the Author

Born: June 3, 1971
Known for: Author
Quotes: 173

Books & Sources

The Areas of My ExpertiseRelated source material

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful BeachesRelated source material

More Information Than You RequireRelated source material

That is AllRelated source material

The Areas of My Expertise: An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful OrderRelated source material

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