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B. J. Novak

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I 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. Novak
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I'm a believer in trusting the director. - B. J. Novak
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The 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. Novak
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully. - B. J. Novak
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I do not have very much office experience. - B. J. Novak
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There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them. - B. J. Novak
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I have one really nice watch. It's a white-face, stainless-steel Rolex Daytona. I wear it a lot. I got that in the middle of 'The Office.' All the guys in the writers' room were like, 'Let's all get a nice watch.' We were too busy to upgrade our lives in a big way, but we thought this was a nice symbolic gesture. - B. J. Novak
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I remember my mum coming into my bedroom when I was lying awake one night, and she asked what I was thinking of... And I was telling her about the inventions I would invent, and she said, 'Can't you ever just think stupid thoughts?' - B. J. Novak
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'The 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. Novak
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If a work alienates a reader, should that be counted against it? I respect people that love 'Ulysses,' for example, but I'm on the other side of the argument. 'Ulysses' would be better if it seduced me. But I probably have the minority point of view. - B. J. Novak
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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy. - B. J. Novak
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I like jeans, but I think in 100 years it's going to be crazy when we look back at the fact that everyone, every day for about 60 years straight, wore stiff blue pants as their default. Why? - B. J. Novak
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If I could go to dinner with one person, alive or dead, I think I would choose alive. - B. J. Novak
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I have blue eyes, and before I knew anything about fashion - I'm talking about the second grade - I learned I would get a compliment if I wore a blue shirt. - B. J. Novak
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Different 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. - B. J. Novak
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