It feels as though a very disproportionate number of main characters are writers, because that's what the writer knows. Fair enough. But nothing bothers me more in a movie than an actor playing a writer, and you just know he's not a writer. Writers recognize other writers. Ethan Hawke is too hot to be a writer.
More Quotes by B. J. Novak
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.
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?
There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.
Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
I do not have very much office experience.
Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.