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" The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the world do them - but it's easy to hide behind a joke. I kind of feel like when you have to face things, and you don't have humor, it becomes very vulnerable; it exposes your deepest and darkest fears in some aspects. "

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" When you're in the middle of it, when you're a kid growing up, you don't think, 'This is my first heartbreak.' You just think, 'My heart is broken.' But then as a parent, you look back, and you see your child go through his or her first heartbreak, and you're realizing, 'Oh my God, this is her first heartbreak.' "

Kenya Barris

Think

God

Broken

" 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. "

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

" No one's pro-police brutality. "

Kenya Barris

Brutality

" My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort of changed all of our lives and moved us from, what we say, 'ashy to classy' in some aspects. "

" I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular. "

" I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more inclusive. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" To me, the Peabody was as big if not bigger than any award, but I do understand an Emmy Award-winning show has a different buzz when it comes to start talking about renewals and things like that. There's a professional something to it that matters. "

Kenya Barris

Talking

Start

" 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

Love

Writing

" Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid. "

" I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. "

" 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. "

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

" Whenever you put a family together, they may share some points of views and morals, but there are going to be differences. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a 'hope for the best, expect the worst' mentality. "

" 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.' "

" If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like, 'See what you guys do?' and that type of thing. "

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

" Laurence Fishburne - he's a great actor, but he dances and sings, too? He can just do everything. "

" I love Meryl Streep. "

" I want to make sure I don't leave any money for my kids, so I'm going to spend it all on clothes. "

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

" 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. "

Kenya Barris

Together

Back

" When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times arose in my own relationship, I wasn't prepared and felt so isolated and alone. Marital issues weren't a part of the narrative that television told me was a 'working relationship.' "