Jonathan Nolan Quotes

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

That's like the greatest experiences of my life still, 'Friends,' so it's not something I want to get away from, but I do want to try and show something new.

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

You have to be very careful how you insert new stuff, 'cause people want to hear the old stuff. It's like cooking, you know? You can't put too many peppers into the eggs... otherwise it's going to be distasteful.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

It is inconceivable that CNN's morning show or any other show could be anything but horribly boring. Why? Because they won't let anyone take risks.

Versatility is the key today. We have a smart audience today; if you keep doing same stuff, nobody is going to watch you.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

As long as there are still interesting stories and still interesting people that we want to meet, I can keep it going. But, we all have to be invested. If the room starts getting bored or I start getting restless, then we'll either have to change something in the show or maybe end it.

If you give the audience what they expect, they'll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You don't poke people in the eye; you do things they haven't seen before and make it accessible, funny and clever.

People get tired of the same old sound. They want something new.

Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity.

Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.

I think people get too comfortable, in just doing what they do every week. And I'm all about challenge and change, and I like to read the audience.

O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land is advancing, Then why is the master of dancing so slow? It is such a bore to be always caught tripping In dull uniformity year after year; Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping: I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!

Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.

I love what I do because I get to talk to the people who change the game: the influencers, visionaries who make things happen in music and culture. That's inspiring to me.

I'm definitely drawn to things that are new, so something specifically for me would have been fun.

J.J. Abrams and Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy, who are brilliant people, so I knew it [Westworld] was going to be amazing.

If people were super-optimistic about technology there would be no reason to be pessimistic about the future.

It's interesting when something new comes along, a band of dwarfs playing electronic harps or something, but I'm not searching.

In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

Making little videos that you know are going to be on tiny windows is a whole different thing. I don't know what it's going to lead to necessarily, but it's certainly fun.