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" I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do a cartoon. Anything. Something may come up that's not your style or suited to what you are working on at the moment. So you file it away and hopefully find a place for it. "

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" After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it was this really, really difficult time for me. "

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" At my core, I'm shy. "

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" As a creative, you have to be your truest form. You can't worry about fitting into whatever boxes people want to put you in. "

" I hear a creak in my house, and I'm calling the police immediately, but at the same time, I do know that when I call them, I'm going to make sure to say, 'I'm a black guy, and this is my house.' "

" I know a lot for me, personally, the best moments have come from watching my kids have an experience I never thought about as a kid but then remembered as a parent. "

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" I hear people say, 'I'm not a role model' all the time, and it's like, 'Well, of course you're not!' It doesn't mean that people aren't going to look at you as one, though. "

" When you reach a level of status - and making it to college is an accomplishment in itself - you are trying to define who you are. "

" I will be so happy when 'diversity' is not a word. "

" Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids. "

" I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop laughing that they just took something in that's going to start a conversation. "

" I've been on predominantly 'white' shows before, and I had also been on predominantly 'black' shows. I would complain that when I was on a white show, they would only hire me because there was a black character or they needed a black voice. But then I would be mad if they went and hired a white dude in my position. "

" For me, it was important to keep my name in 'mainstream Hollywood.' "

Kenya Barris

Important

Name

" I wanted to be a doctor, because I grew up on 'Cosby.' "

" When you walk past a painting in a museum, if it doesn't make you feel something, then it's probably a failure. "

" As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly. "

" You get a little older, and you start understanding the world in a different way and what you don't have control over and what you do have control over. "

" I think that's the key to any artistic endeavor: You want it to feel fresh and not have people look at it like it's re-creation of something else unless it's done in a really strong way. "

" Jill Soloway is a friend of mine. She does 'Transparent,' and she's amazingly funny and brilliant and bright. And I love her show. "

" The PC way of handling culture has been to not talk about it. But we should be talking about it. "

" Of all the 'Black-ish' characters, Zoey is most like my daughter, who goes to U.S.C. "

" Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times. "

" Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to happen or not about to happen - that is an amazing amount of pressure to have. "

" I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. "

" No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. "

" Black, white, rich, poor - we galvanize through the hard times. We really see it happen in relationships. In the best and worst of those moments, you come together, and you look for your tribe. "

" Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice. "

" I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders. "

" I'm a huge fan of writing for people rather than writing and then trying to wedge people in. I'd love to know who the people are before I can write for them. For me, it's a much more organic way to create characters. "

Kenya Barris

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" We're supposed to be becoming more evolved as a society, and we're actually becoming less evolved. "

" I want to start really developing more on the film side. "

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