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Dan Harmon
American
Writer
Born:
Jan 3
,
1973
About
Always
Am
People
Think
You
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There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.
Dan Harmon
Stream
Brook
Fine
Fine Line
Between
Line
Nowhere
Consciousness
Babbling
I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
Dan Harmon
Control
Everyone
Collaborate
Collaborator
Am
Happily
Who
Agree
Need
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.
Dan Harmon
Generation
Think
Possible
Tell
Telling
About
Writers
Without
Going
Stories
Next
Next Generation
I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
Dan Harmon
Love
Writing
Comedy
Favorite
Favorite Shows
Rock
Gold
Gold Standard
Certainly
Standard
Shows
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
Time
You
People
Matter
Decision
Sit
Down
Every
Other
Else
TV
Slot
Someone
Something
Something Else
Network
Make
Because
Eight
After
Happens
Hard
Start
Watching
Watching Tv
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
Fans
Care
Think
Too
Caring
Say
Bit
Critics
About
Through
Glass
Because
Loosen
Very
Little
Little Bit
Them
Grip
Much
Starting
I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
Dan Harmon
Love
Hatred
Wish
Our
Our Love
Television
Ourselves
Would
Selling
Stop
Us
Start
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
Work
Home
Tired
Unhappy
Will
Looking
Channels
Favorite
TV
TV Show
Objectionable
Through
Take
New
Know
Until
Well
Because
Bed
Least
Go
Forever
Person
Just
Wants
Them
Land
Average
Really
Average Person
Show
Flip
Search
Thing
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
Me
People
Stupid
Think
Secret
About
Something
Feel
Obsessed
Like
Sci-Fi
Does
Often
Just
Craving
Ask
Show
Elements
Satisfies
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
You
Class
Everybody
Date
Beaten
Never
Allowed
Invited
Parties
Likes
Up
Get
Decent
Anybody
Clowns
I really like performing for people.
Dan Harmon
People
Performing
Like
Really
I was raised on NBC television.
Dan Harmon
Television
NBC
Raised
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
Happy
Parents
Drama
Kid
Never
Knew
Between
Making
Were
Sitcom
Just
Difference
Them
Watching
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
You
People
Perception
Complain
Perceive
About
Talk
How
Get
Public
Your
Show
Maybe I am just a jerk.
Dan Harmon
Am
Maybe
Just
Jerk
TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.
Dan Harmon
Beautiful
TV
Beautiful Thing
Ugliness
Thing
I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.
Dan Harmon
Me
People
Trick
About
Wisconsin
Feel
Liking
Always
Begging
Trying
Little
There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
Dan Harmon
Emotions
Go
Lots
July
Fourth
There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
Dan Harmon
Women
Writing
Genius
Job
Looking
Out
Percentage
Both
Same
Happening
Scripts
Less
I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.
Dan Harmon
Family
Women
Comedy
Half
Think
Ensemble
Television
Eyeballs
Having
Crucial
Women Are
Where
Different
Room
Them
Your
Show
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