Nerdist Quotes & Sayings

Writing turns everybody into wussies. Everybody quits. — Paul T. Scheuring

You don't have to believe everything you think."
- Chris Hardwick, "The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) — Chris Hardwick

As a writer, you're the guy in the box. You're creating and you have these euphorias. — Paul T. Scheuring

There's a story you write, there's a story you shoot and there's a story you cut. — Paul T. Scheuring

The nerdist movement is less about consumers; there is a large contingent that are creative nerdists instead of consumers. — Chris Hardwick

The Hollywood process is a living thing and you get used to that. — Paul T. Scheuring

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's ALWAYS had EVERYTHING work out for them with ZERO struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist. — Chris Hardwick

With prose, I know where I'm starting and I think I know where I'm going. — Paul T. Scheuring

[ ... ] dGT: Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. My concern here is that the philosophers believe they are actually asking deep questions about nature. And to the scientist it's, what are you doing? Why are you concerning yourself with the meaning of meaning?"
(another) interviewer: I think a healthy balance of both is good.
dGT: Well, I'm still worried even about a healthy balance. Yeah, if you are distracted by your questions so that you cannot move forward, you are not being a productive contributor to our understanding of the natural world. And so the scientist knows when the question "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" is a pointless delay in our progress.
(Neil deGrasse Tyson - EPISODE 489: NERDIST PODCAST, 20m19s) — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

It's when you feel worse, that's when your character comes out and the last thing you want to do is quit. — Paul T. Scheuring

It's a great euphoria when you reach that writing zone. — Paul T. Scheuring

Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for. — Chris Hardwick

There are Nerds, and then there are Nerdists. A Nerdist is, more specifically, an artful Nerd. He or she doesn't just consume, he or she creates and innovates. — Chris Hardwick