Jason Segel > Quotes

“I wouldn’t make fun of someone’s nightmares until you’ve slept a night in his pajamas.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“That’s how fear grows. When you keep it locked inside and never let it out, it starts to eat you alive.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“My tongue produces words faster than my brain can approve them.”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“I'm practically Lara goddamn Croft. You think because I'm a lady I don't know what I'm doing? Well, as they say back home, Hide and watch, son.”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“If you’re going to be a pariah, you might as well be their queen.”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“If that’s all you know, then you get to decide what he was really like. Maybe he was an awesome guy. Maybe he only broke people’s fingers if they really deserved it. And maybe he passed all his awesomeness down to you.” “I could pretend that’s the truth, but it wouldn’t be real,” I said. “Why not?” she asked. “He’s just a picture in a book. Why can’t he be who you want him to be?”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“Mi sa che ti hanno mentito,
se ti hanno detto che gli incubi non sono veri.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Do you know why people think nightmares aren’t real?” Charlie was too confused to answer. Something had changed. This nightmare was different from the rest. The witch had never spoken to him like this before. “Because most people wake up,” the witch continued. “Their spirits come here when they sleep and their bodies stay safe and sound in your world until morning.” She leaned in closer. “But you know what I’ve figured out? I’ve figured out how to bring your body here to the Netherworld too.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Se fossi in te, non prenderei in giro gli incubi degli altri senza aver dormito una notte nel loro pigiama.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“I can’t think of a worse place to be at nine o’clock on a Monday night than hunched down behind a bush, waiting for an illegal party to kick off at an old horse-rendering plant.”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“The plan, my fellow nightmares, is simple. One—find the boy. Two—keep the portal open. Three—conquer the Waking World. Four—try a Krispy Kreme doughnut. Five—never die.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Her pleas don’t appear to make much of an impression. “The real world?” asks the Child. “Why is your world the real one? How can you be so certain you humans were not created by someone else? Does your history not speak of a Creator too?”
― Jason Segel, Otherworld

“As soon as Jack had squeezed around the boxes and out the door, Charlie pulled the covers back up to his chin and thought about what the witch had said. I’ve never seen anyone as scared as you, Charlie Laird. Was it true?”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“We all have varying degrees of these feelings, but I think when you have them really acutely, one of the things you're aware of is that it's your job to manage your feelings literally moment to moment. I think it's a little bit like having a twisted ankle where even though I'm sitting here, I'm aware that I'm going to have to stand at the end of this interview, and right around the corner if I'm not careful, these feelings are there and they're gonna take me someplace. They're gonna take me for a ride, to someplace I have no control over. I think you lose control or you get a little less diligent - something overtakes you.”
― Jason Segel

“Dabney is convinced that the Dream Realm exists. That’s why he’s such a thorn in the president’s side. Dabney says our job isn’t to keep humans scared. Our job is to help humans face their fears. And if we do our jobs well, we deserve to retire. The Dream Realm is our reward.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Non importa di cosa hai paura, importa il perché ne hai paura.
Gli incubi sono le paure della gente camuffate.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Solo i deboli hanno bisogno di far sentire piccoli gli altri.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“PEE YOUR PANTS!”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“E' così che cresce la paura.
Se la tieni chiusa dentro senza farla mai uscire comincia a divorarti vivo.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“La paura è come il catrame,
si appiccica dappertutto e divora ogni cosa.”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“suavest”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“bewildered”
― Jason Segel, The Sleepwalker Tonic

“perched”
― Jason Segel, Nightmares!

“Technology will destroy us the day we can’t tell the difference between what should matter and what shouldn’t.”
― Jason Segel, OtherLife

“The mind that was hailed as one of the century's greatest turned out to be no match for its own creation.”
― Jason Segel, Otherearth