--- title: "Best Dan Harmon Sayings" description: "Daniel James Harmon is an American television writer, producer, animator, and actor. Browse 89 Dan Harmon quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-harmon-26195.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-harmon-26195.jpg) # Dan Harmon (1973) Screenwriter United States **89** quotes in **647** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dan Harmon is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for *Charles Spurgeon*. ## Quick Facts About Dan Harmon Born January 3, 1973 Nationality United States Profession Screenwriter Notable works Charles Spurgeon Spouse Erin McGathy ## About Dan Harmon Daniel James Harmon is an American television writer, producer, animator, and actor. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast Harmontown (2012–2019), co-creator of the Adult Swim animated sitcom Rick and Morty (2013–present) and its subsequent franchise along with Justin Roiland. Harmon is also co-founder of the alternative television network and website Channel 101 along with Rob Schrab, and creator of the Fox animated sitcom Krapopolis (2023–present). ## Awards & Honors Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ## Quotes by Dan Harmon · Page 3 > ['I want to touch people but if I touch them in real life they'll slap me.' That's what writing isit's a gross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/i-want-to-touch-people-but-if-i-touch-them-in-real-life-they-ll-slap/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/dan-harmon-7587_gross_i-want-to-touch-people-but-if-i-touch-th_2246271.jpg) > [Garry Shandling has always been a pioneer of… meta entertainment. He's always been a defender of the creative right to use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/garry-shandling-has-always-been-a-pioneer-of-meta-entertainment-he-s/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/dan-harmon-7587_artist_garry-shandling-has-always-been-a-pionee_2846367.jpg) > [My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/my-passion-for-star-trek-is-actually-rooted-in-my-love-of-television/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/dan-harmon-7587_actually_my-passion-for-star-trek-is-actually-roo_1103442.jpg) > [With media, it's never bad-to-good. It's always just moving from different to different. Faster, more stuff, but there's always good, more good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/with-media-it-s-never-bad-to-good-it-s-always-just-moving-from/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/dan-harmon-7587_different_with-media-it-s-never-bad-to-good-it-s-a_555742.jpg) > [I surround myself with loyalists and people that I would die for. I just would rather die than make bad stuff for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/i-surround-myself-with-loyalists-and-people-that-i-would-die-for-i/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/dan-harmon-7587_bad-stuff_i-surround-myself-with-loyalists-and-peo_609879.jpg) > [Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/well-the-average-person-comes-home-from-work-really-tired-and-just/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/dan-harmon-7587_average_well-the-average-person-comes-home-from_2785867.jpg) > [“As humans, reality for us is largely based on other people's perceptions. If there's 20 bodies in your crawl space but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/as-humans-reality-for-us-is-largely-based-on-other-people-s/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Clown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/dan-harmon-7587_clown_as-humans-reality-for-us-is-largely-base_526469.jpg) > [Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/whereas-the-health-of-an-individual-depends-on-the-ego-s-regular/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Descent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/descent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/dan-harmon-7587_descent_whereas-the-health-of-an-individual-depe_133427.jpg) > [There are two kinds of people in this world. There are the people that will have you think that there are two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-there-are-the-people-that/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/dan-harmon-7587_evil_there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-this-wo_1926751.jpg) ## Dan Harmon by topic [People (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/dan-harmon/) [Television (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/dan-harmon/) [Writing (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/dan-harmon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/#itemlist", "name": "Dan Harmon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'I want to touch people but if I touch them in real life they'll slap me.' 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