Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does. Dan Harmon More Quotes by Dan Harmon More Quotes From Dan Harmon When you are in the 8 o'clock position, you can either be a cultural phenomenon, or you're endangered. It's a tough time slot. Dan Harmon phenomenonclocktough-times It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying. Dan Harmon defyingmediumsintention If somebody's cat happens to turn on the TV, my numbers can double. It's almost unrelated to what's really happening. Dan Harmon cattvsnumbers If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television. Dan Harmon ratingperfectionisttelevision I became part of a little study group in community college and started caring about strangers. It gave me insight into what an asshole I was. I saw that I had only lived half of a life. Dan Harmon study-groupcaringcollege I was playing the game where I was going to be a great TV or film writer some day and there was nothing else that I thought about, including other people. Dan Harmon tvsgamespeople I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me. Dan Harmon littlestryingpeople I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men. Dan Harmon ableleadermen I'm giving him an episode, i'm making it official. We have 70, he can have one. Kanye, you can have one. Dan Harmon entertainment Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up. Dan Harmon cheerslikeclassicgrowing-up My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do. Dan Harmon passionlovepeopleart Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else. Dan Harmon youdecisiontimepeople I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. Dan Harmon i-thinkthinkimportanttelevision I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass. Dan Harmon saythinkcarecaring Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy. Dan Harmon lookingtiredworkhome When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere. Dan Harmon yougrowing-upfamilybusiness People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it. Dan Harmon feelmestupidpeople When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy. Dan Harmon parentsdifferenceneverhappy Maybe I am just a jerk. Dan Harmon maybei-amjustjerk
