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" I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do. "

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" It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody. "

" In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team. "

" Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well. "

" I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really. "

" I've pitched many things that have not gone, but every year, I'm in that pilot game like a lot of other writers in Hollywood. "

" I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic. "

" Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it. "

" I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. "

" I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is. "

" Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics. "

" We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them. "

" I just believe what I believe. "

" Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. "

" I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things. "

" You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on. "

" My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born. "

" As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that. "

" Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know? "

" I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it. "

" 'The Daily Show,' at its core, is the answer to the nightly news. "

" Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else. "

" It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength. "

" I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. "

" Not everybody's gonna get your vision. "

" I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.'' "

" When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody. "

" My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too? "

" Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show. "

" I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. "

" I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles. "