Home / Quotes / Quote by John Hodgman

Quote by John Hodgman

“Americans don't need a metaphor for war. We have war. If anything, we use war as a metaphor for sports.”

Quote by John Hodgman

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“You know the old saying: "History is written by the winners. And also, the team of hand-picked historians that the winner keeps hidden away in an underground bunker".”

Knows Hands Written Team Winner Historian Old Saying Bunkers

Author:John Hodgman

“I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it works, there is nothing like it.”

Fun Nerves Unfortunate Compulsion

Author:John Hodgman

“Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures, they usually do a pretty good (or pretty awful, but always interesting) job of lying.”

Kind Jobs Lying Interesting Creatures Storytelling Awful Motive Desperate Desperation

Author:John Hodgman

“John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald meet in hell and team up to assassinate Satan.”

Hell Team Satan Harvey John Wilkes Booth

Author:John Hodgman

“There is a difference between something being essential, and it being necessary. If you take your favorite book and strip it down to what is merely essential to tell the story, it would be butchery. The end result would horrify you. Essential is the bones of the story, but the soul lives somewhere else.”

Ifs Book Soul Ends Stories Would Be Differences Results Essentials Bones Somewhere Else Your Favorite End Results Favorite Book Soul Life Butchery

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've never had before, and that you write fast in the thrill of the new. No rules. Just stories, and you tell as many of them as you can.”

Writing Ideas Sometimes Stories Lines Mad Delight New Ideas Thrill Old Ideas

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Don't worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can't help doing. If you write enough, you draw enough, you'll have a style, whether you want it or not. Don't worry about whether you're "commercial". Tell your own stories, draw your own pictures. Let other people follow you.”

People Ifs Want Writing Trying Enough Helping Stories Worry Style Draws

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Don't be ashamed of the creative urges which drive you. And certainly don't be ashamed of your ego. Hubris is only hubris when it fails. When Hubris pays off, we call these people geniuses.”

People Pay Creative Failing Genius Ego Ashamed Urges Hubris

Author:Kieron Gillen

“I usually congratulate people when they tell me, "I don't know who I am anymore".”

People Knows Who I Am

Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“In other words, with games, learning is the drug.”

Book:Theory of Fun for Game Design

Source: Theory of Fun for Game Design