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. NOVAKIt’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. NOVAKThere’s not many good comedies to watch – you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.
B. J. NOVAKRegret is just perfectionism plus time.
B. J. NOVAKI’m a believer in trusting the director.
B. J. NOVAKI do not have very much office experience.
B. J. NOVAKThe 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. NOVAKI 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. NOVAKI 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. NOVAKIf you love something, let it go. If you don’t love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.
B. J. NOVAKMindy 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. NOVAKNobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end.
B. J. NOVAKBattered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.
B. J. NOVAKTravel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
B. J. NOVAKThe 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. NOVAKIf 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. NOVAKDifferent 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.
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