Chris Hardwick

For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying. ”

Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic. ”

Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean. ”

We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age. ”

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building. ”

In the end, all that time I spent in the 'Star Wars' universe fostered galaxies of creativity and made me a better person here on Earth, because it taught me that everyone counts. That's why I can sincerely and with a straight face say: 'May the Force be with you.' ”

Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature. ”

Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you. ”

I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult. ”

Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun. ”