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I love writing family stories.
I'm understated in my approach.
I started as a standup comic and an actor.
There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
I always compartmentalized so many different things.
I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
I do not look to Hollywood to give me character clues.
I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles.
I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.'
Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100.
You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
'The Daily Show,' at its core, is the answer to the nightly news.
'Westworld' is bizarre. I don't know what to think of 'Westworld.'
I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.
I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.
I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network.
I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.
You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.
I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.
I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.
It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.
In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team.
You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.
I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.
The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.
You go, dark energy! Go on, dark matter. They don't understand you, dark matter. They don't get you.
Science was the known and then people would place God in the unknown, like God explained the unknown.
I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.
My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?
You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.
When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.
A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.
Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
Catholic and Jew - it's very closely related, a lot of holidays, a lot of guilt, a lot of the same things going on.
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.