Dan Harmon
Dan Harmon
Dan Harmonis an American writer and producer. Harmon is best known for creating and producing NBC comedy series Community, co-creating Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty, and co-founding the alternative television network/website Channel 101. Harmon published You'll Be Perfect When You're Dead in 2013 and is currently working on a second book set for publication in 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth3 January 1973
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
You don’t give someone notes on their performance at a soup kitchen.
I grew up on network sitcoms. If those are gone when I'm 65 years old, I would never forgive myself for not stepping up to that plate, as often as possible. I'm already bummed out that DVDs are dying off because, in my 20s, those were a huge thing.
You'll be perfect when you're dead
Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does.
You have to just look at it like Titanic: I know the ship sinks, but this is a love story
I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make my job, as a writer, easier. It makes it possible for me to give people stuff that they like.
I've discovered a new video game called owning my home.
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.
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.
I think thoughts in my head bounce around in my skull and, if they keep bouncing around in my skull, they get worse and worse. When they come out of my mouth, they make people happy.
If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.