5 Quotes & Sayings By Matthew Inman

Matthew Inman is founder of The Oatmeal, a humor webcomic about everyday life in the United States. He has written six books, all in collaboration with artist Randall Munroe, including the New York Times Best Seller The Complete Oatmeal Book. A regular contributor to Wired, BoingBoing, and The Onion A.V. Club, he has also appeared on NBC News, BBC Newsnight, MSNBC, NPR's All Things Considered, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien Read more

On June 1st 2011 he launched a Kickstarter project that was funded in one day becoming the most successful crowdfunding campaign for a comic book project in history. A long-term supporter of indie comic creators he has donated over $300,000 to help creators get their work out to the world.

Anything that smiles often needs to be reminded that the...
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Anything that smiles often needs to be reminded that the world is a cruel, dark place. Matthew Inman
I want to hurt, so I can heal. I'm not...
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I want to hurt, so I can heal. I'm not unhappy. I'm just busy. I'm interested. And that's okay. Matthew Inman
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They say you should treat your body like a temple. I treat mine like a fast-moving dumpster. Matthew Inman
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Running a race assigns a point to a sport that often feels very pointless. It's an exuberant payoff to months of tedium. It's a way of crafting an end boss for a particularly cumbersome video game. It's a fun, monstrous reason to keep putting one foot in front of the other. So, do yourself a favor: go build a monster. Matthew Inman