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Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself. — Dan Harmon

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves. — Dan Harmon

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

Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn't make you good. Writing badly does. — Dan Harmon

You have to just look at it like Titanic: I know the ship sinks, but this is a love story — Dan Harmon

Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s. — Dan Harmon

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men. — Dan Harmon

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television. — Dan Harmon

There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July. — Dan Harmon

It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall. — Dan Harmon

What's important is passion, investment, and people laughing out loud as they work. — Dan Harmon

I've discovered a new video game called owning my home. — Dan Harmon

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

I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it. — Dan Harmon

You don't give someone notes on their performance at a soup kitchen. — Dan Harmon

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing. — Dan Harmon

Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up. — 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

It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying. — Dan Harmon

All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive. — Dan Harmon

Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end. — Dan Harmon

I really like performing for people. — Dan Harmon

Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do. — Dan Harmon

Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium. — Dan Harmon

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do. — Dan Harmon

There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere. — Dan Harmon

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

I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that. — Dan Harmon

I wish people used wishes to modify themselves instead of others. Wish to be low maintenance. Wish to be autonomous, even. — Dan Harmon

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

I'm always trying to gain and keep the audience's respect. I always want them to know that the show doesn't think they're stupid for watching. — Dan Harmon

Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you. — Dan Harmon

Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead. — Dan Harmon

Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system. — Dan Harmon

TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing. — Dan Harmon

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death. — Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs. — Gillian Jacobs

Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda. — Dan Harmon

'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 person getting a hug. — Dan Harmon

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me. — Dan Harmon

I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. — Dan Harmon

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

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

I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy. — Dan Harmon

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

I always try to use my medium, and if I get into a normal sitcom-writing contest with normal sitcom writers, I'm going to lose. — Dan Harmon

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists. — Dan Harmon

You can't tell the audience - well, you can, but I don't like to tell the audience - that anything they're watching doesn't matter. — Dan Harmon

You'll be perfect when you're dead — Dan Harmon

I was raised on NBC television. — Dan Harmon

Maybe I am just a jerk. — Dan Harmon

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