Patton Oswalt

And look at how both you and other people around you are acting in the boring moments, in line at a bank, stuck in traffic. You learn so much more about yourself in those moments if you're able to slow down and pick that up and not go, dude, we're wasting time. I should be having experiences. You are having experience.

And look at how both you and other people around you are acting in the boring moments, in line at a bank, stuck in traffic. You learn so much more about yourself in those moments if you're able to slow down and pick that up and not go, dude, we're wasting time. I should be having experiences. You are having experience.

whether it's comic books or movies were you escaping something in childhood or were you just enjoying creativity dreaming imagination i didn't have a bad childhood i had a fun shot i had a really fun childhood friends my parents were great um we would we would go on adventures and do weird stuff but it was just like i get to have this fun reality and then there's all this then there's augmented reality there's also like

whether it's comic books or movies were you escaping something in childhood or were you just enjoying creativity dreaming imagination i didn't have a bad childhood i had a fun shot i had a really fun childhood friends my parents were great um we would we would go on adventures and do weird stuff but it was just like i get to have this fun reality and then there's all this then there's augmented reality there's also like

If I'm sitting here, I can read a book and it's a whole other world or I can watch a movie. And like, why would you not add to that? I mean, if you wanted to, you could eat. Raw starch, raw protein, some citrus and fluid and saline and lib. But you're like, no, you can also have this and this and this. And some of it's bad for you, but it still tastes good and you'll recover from it.

If I'm sitting here, I can read a book and it's a whole other world or I can watch a movie. And like, why would you not add to that? I mean, if you wanted to, you could eat. Raw starch, raw protein, some citrus and fluid and saline and lib. But you're like, no, you can also have this and this and this. And some of it's bad for you, but it still tastes good and you'll recover from it.

Like there's shitty TV. There's terrible movies. There's awful concerts to go to. There's bad people you're going to encounter. You can recover from that.

Like there's shitty TV. There's terrible movies. There's awful concerts to go to. There's bad people you're going to encounter. You can recover from that.

And also just people create stuff. I get to read it. This is great. We get to, as people, we get to do this. This is a great thing that humans do. All animals do is run around and try to survive. Every second they're just trying to survive. And we can sit and just, I'm on another planet right now. And all I got to do is open this book.

And also just people create stuff. I get to read it. This is great. We get to, as people, we get to do this. This is a great thing that humans do. All animals do is run around and try to survive. Every second they're just trying to survive. And we can sit and just, I'm on another planet right now. And all I got to do is open this book.

And you open a book and sounds and smells and sensations flood your brain. I don't think people realize. how miraculous opening a book is, what it does to you. You're literally just, you're micro-dosing on just symbols on paper. That's fucking insane that we get to do that.

And you open a book and sounds and smells and sensations flood your brain. I don't think people realize. how miraculous opening a book is, what it does to you. You're literally just, you're micro-dosing on just symbols on paper. That's fucking insane that we get to do that.

I mean, I wanted to be a writer, and I was always writing through high school. But I didn't know, like, how am I going to make it pay or something? And I just – it was just that – I was having those lost years, and I'm being kind of protective of my daughter right now, of her, because she's in ninth grade, and she goes, yeah, but this thing will look good for college.

I mean, I wanted to be a writer, and I was always writing through high school. But I didn't know, like, how am I going to make it pay or something? And I just – it was just that – I was having those lost years, and I'm being kind of protective of my daughter right now, of her, because she's in ninth grade, and she goes, yeah, but this thing will look good for college.

I'm like, you have some lost years. You can just mess around. Not everything has to be for college, for the CV, for the gram. Just have moments, just do things. They don't have to mean anything right now.

I'm like, you have some lost years. You can just mess around. Not everything has to be for college, for the CV, for the gram. Just have moments, just do things. They don't have to mean anything right now.

Actually, yeah, I can't judge it that much because I was very driven and ambitious from a very young age. Once I realized comedy was what I wanted to do, I was driven. But it just seems to me that we are now living in the vengeance of people who just were grinding from an early age and never... Because yes, I was grinding, but I was also experiencing stuff.

Actually, yeah, I can't judge it that much because I was very driven and ambitious from a very young age. Once I realized comedy was what I wanted to do, I was driven. But it just seems to me that we are now living in the vengeance of people who just were grinding from an early age and never... Because yes, I was grinding, but I was also experiencing stuff.

I was traveling, having wasted nights with friends, just doing stuff. And now you're... But now we seem to be... at the mercy of all these tech bros and crypto bros and people that, and there's nothing wrong with like, I want to make as much money as possible. If that's what turns you on, absolutely do that. But they're now hitting their 40s and they're realizing, I don't really have any memories.

I was traveling, having wasted nights with friends, just doing stuff. And now you're... But now we seem to be... at the mercy of all these tech bros and crypto bros and people that, and there's nothing wrong with like, I want to make as much money as possible. If that's what turns you on, absolutely do that. But they're now hitting their 40s and they're realizing, I don't really have any memories.