Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace
Daniel Frederick "Danny" Wallaceis a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, voice acting as the narrator for Thomas Was Alone and as Shaun Hastings for the Assassin's Creed game series, as well as the TV series How to Start Your Own Country...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth16 November 1976
CountryUnited States of America
opportunity only-time
The only time you have no opportunities is when you decide to stop taking them.
people good-things
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
love-you want saying-yes
I was saying yes because when you're in love, the world is full of possibilities, and when you're in love, you want to take every single one of them.
life-happens said best-things
Probably some of the best things that have ever happened to you in life, happened because you said yes to something. Otherwise things just sort of stay the same.
writing people doubt
The people around you are you. They share your history. They can even write it with you. And when you lose one, there's no doubt you lose some of yourself, however they're lost.
mistake people privilege
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit.
stars people matter
And as I looked at the star, I realised what millions of other people have realised when looking at stars. We're tiny. We don't matter. We're here for a second and then gone the next. We're a sneeze in the life of the universe.
favors suggestions request
I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no.
karma country reality
The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all.
might text-messaging notes
Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type.
responsible being-responsible ifs
If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.
writing thinking ideas
I think if you've got a good idea it will stand out in one of the different mediums. For example, something might happen to me today and it could be something to talk about tomorrow on the radio, or I can write about it, or perhaps it will be best suited to telly.
regret mistake moving
Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.
moments terrible terrible-things
What a terrible thing, I thought, to let a moment go.