If I could go to dinner with one person, alive or dead, I think I would choose alive. B. J. Novak More Quotes by B. J. Novak More Quotes From B. J. Novak If you love something, let it go. B. J. Novak who-careslet-it-gocare Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy. B. J. Novak daydreamingeasyimpossible Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right. B. J. Novak batteredbattered-womensound It's not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick. B. J. Novak partybraveyears There's always going to be one more thing. Because that's what infinite feels like. And the difference between love and everything else is that it's infinite, it's built out of something infinite, or it feels like it is, anyway, which is the same thing to us. You think a million billion more things will come your way, a million billion more versions of everything. But no, everything that actually causes that infinite feeling, the circumstances of every infinite feeling, is so, so finite. B. J. Novak differencesfeelingsthinking Regret is just perfectionism plus time. B. J. Novak perfectionismplusregret Nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end. B. J. Novak endsrememberlong Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully. B. J. Novak hopefullytypepersons I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings. B. J. Novak importantgivingthinking Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate. B. J. Novak typeexpectedperfect I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative. B. J. Novak creativewayworld 'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other "comedies" that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic. B. J. Novak officerealair The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh. B. J. Novak writinglaughingpeople Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over. B. J. Novak designopportunitypeople There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them. B. J. Novak comedygladwatches I'm a believer in trusting the director. B. J. Novak believerdirectors I do not have very much office experience. B. J. Novak office Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you're the best. B. J. Novak thankslineslove-you If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds? B. J. Novak basketballrealitypeople I don't actually feel multi-talented. I just feel that I'm in this business where we give ourselves 100 titles and gold statues. It's like, lawyers aren't like, 'You're incredible! You're a professional arguer in front of the judge! You're great at paperwork!' No, you just get credit for one job. B. J. Novak jobgreatyoubusiness
