Max Greenfield

And I said, I don't want to hear myself talk that long.

I haven't done a podcast in a really long time.

I'm like, I love you and I love Mike.

And I was like, this is, I really want to be here.

But I'm so sick of hearing myself talk.

I did a podcast a while ago, and it was one I listened to and wanted to be on, and as soon as I said yes to it and then was in the moment of participating in it, I thought...

Oh my God, I'm like the last person I want to hear on this show.

And this is this was such a bad idea.

And also we were receiving all of this really positive feedback from people who were on the front lines of something that was happening that felt, that was very, very intense.

So community, the power of community, the power of not alone.

And we thought if we could continue to bring joy to people's lives through Instagram, like

great we'll do it so we we we did it and and and it was nice and people just the comments were so positive and sweet and i think they were really uplifting for her during that time you the first person ever to have a positive experience with social media and so and so um they said what if it's a podcast i go please god i can't do a podcast uh and they said what if it's a book i go a real book and he goes no no no he knew me

And he goes, well, what if it's a picture book, like a children's book?

And I love children's books, and I've read them to both my kids, and they were about the right length for me.

And I'd always had an idea about a children's book that I would have liked to have written, but obviously was never motivated to do.

And I said, well, if I was ever going to write a children's book, it would be called I Don't Want to Read This Book, and it would be all the reasons why a kid doesn't want to read a book, but by the end of the book, they will have read a book.

And so he said, can I pitch that?

And I go, go for it.

And then like two days later I remember thinking, that was actually a really good idea and I would like to write that book.

It's a shame nothing will ever happen with it.