Dan Harmon Quotes

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• The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up…
• Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do.
• None of us are bad people. We float around and we run across each other and we learn about ourselves, and we make mistakes and…
• I've discovered a new video game called owning my home.
• Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when…
• My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and…
• All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive.
• Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual…
• I wish people used wishes to modify themselves instead of others. Wish to be low maintenance. Wish to be autonomous, even.
• I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.
• Garry Shandling has always been a pioneer of… meta entertainment. He's always been a defender of the creative right to use the frame as part…
• There are two kinds of people in this world. There are the people that will have you think that there are two kinds of people…
• You have to just look at it like Titanic: I know the ship sinks, but this is a love story
• Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.
• I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.
• Pretty sad. Pretty lonely. But that's how I prefer it? I quess? I guess. It's a good guess. It's the best quess ever.
• I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
• I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
• I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
• I really like performing for people.

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