DAN PERLMAN: No Notes, Except These.

that frightening indifference

There’s this incredible passage from James Baldwin’s Notes from a Native Son:

Nov 28 • 

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September 2025

“you must get this all the time”

throwaway interaction turned into this new doc i made.

Sep 8 • 

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August 2025

doodling, in between

being curious & present & varda

Aug 31 • 

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the torture you're comfortable with

on stand-up, evolving, ambitions old & new

Aug 11 • 

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July 2025

"while still making it seem like i wrote it"

There’s some quote from a Paris Review interview with Toni Morrison, where she said, 'Struggling through the work is extremely important — more…

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January 2025

I'm making my first feature (it's called Cramming)

We need some help, though

Jan 22 • 

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things that brought me joy in '24 & things i hope to do in '25

Inevitably, the list dissolves into the stuff I usually write about & think about...

Jan 1 • 

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December 2024

Jimmy Carter Walks Into A Bar (RIP)

Jimmy Carter just died. Here's a sketch I wrote a decade ago that I never shared, but hopefully now it can find its way into the Carter Presidential…

Dec 29, 2024 • 

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discovering > declaring

I’ve heard more than a few people give advice that you shouldn’t write something unless you already know the ending.

Dec 18, 2024 • 

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November 2024

urgency & drive vs. the opposite

tuning out discouragement & other things.

Nov 24, 2024 • 

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August 2024

write what you don't know

and i don't know a lot of stuff.

Aug 7, 2024 • 

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June 2024

fighting (off) stage fright

an old piece i wrote about starting out in comedy.

Jun 20, 2024 • 

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