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. Dan Harmon More Quotes by Dan Harmon More Quotes From Dan Harmon I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it. Dan Harmon stupid overcoming jobs Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda. Dan Harmon wise feet two 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 of the painting. Dan Harmon pioneers creative use 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 dogs are the crazy ones. Dan Harmon cat crazy dog Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you. Dan Harmon likes party class 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 for holiday episodes. Dan Harmon holiday tvs numbers Audiences, as they get smaller, can intensify their relationship with the product, and so can the creative relationship with the people that you are serving. The good news is that, the more shows there are, the less the conglomerates have to gain by breaking the will of each individual creative. Dan Harmon news creative people Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system. Dan Harmon given shows people The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it. Dan Harmon perception complaining people I'd just love to sit at home, wake up at 10AM, go to my own office with my dog, and write a movie. I don't know if I'm capable of doing that though. I think I'll just end up playing Minecraft and self-destructing. Dan Harmon dog home writing You have people saying two things that seem to contradict each other. One, that we live in a golden age of TV. The other, that television is dying. There's a reason for that. What we mean when we say it's dying is that it's already way past being fragmented into little chunks. Now it's being polarized into an aerosol mist. Dan Harmon two mean past I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that. Dan Harmon apologetic hey looks I guess working in the legitimate industry, the best thing you can take away from it is acceptance of the incompetence that often surrounds you. No, that sounds horrible. The most important thing, I guess, is the fact that working in the legitimate industry, what I see all too often is people trying to interpret the wishes of the audience, which with today's technology, is all too easy to measure empirically. Dan Harmon technology acceptance people Everything I do, in the middle of it, I lose all objectivity. The business of comedy is kind of ridiculous in that respect. Your job is to have a lot of fun in a jar, then sell it. There's something inherently illogical and impossible about that, but that being said, this is as good as it gets. Dan Harmon ridiculous comedy fun 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, and more bad. Dan Harmon different moving You'll be perfect when you're dead Dan Harmon perfect I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves. Dan Harmon hatred wish television I was raised on NBC television. Dan Harmon nbc raised television You don’t give someone notes on their performance at a soup kitchen. Dan Harmon soup-kitchens notes giving I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do. Dan Harmon self-destructive self want
