Patton Oswalt

He's just like, this is real. And that's kind of how that would go. Like, you're in my house in this stupid costume. You're breaking things? Leave. I'll call the cops. And he's, all right, fine. And he just leaves. Like, that was so...

He's just like, this is real. And that's kind of how that would go. Like, you're in my house in this stupid costume. You're breaking things? Leave. I'll call the cops. And he's, all right, fine. And he just leaves. Like, that was so...

More moments like that, I think we keep being pushed toward, oh, you gotta have the big moments, the big epiphanies, the big, dramatic, Instagrammable stuff, but the real growth and the real, real deep memory stuff happens in the uncinematic, clumsy moments. That's where you actually, if you can slow down

More moments like that, I think we keep being pushed toward, oh, you gotta have the big moments, the big epiphanies, the big, dramatic, Instagrammable stuff, but the real growth and the real, real deep memory stuff happens in the uncinematic, clumsy moments. That's where you actually, if you can slow down

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.